OHSU coronavirus (COVID-19) response

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Published: Sep 8th, 2022
OHSU coronavirus (COVID-19) response

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7, 2022 Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 OHSU: 13 Hillsboro Medical Center: 4 OHSU Hospital and OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center hospitalization details: 5 Not Fully Vaccinated 7 Fully Vaccinated 5 Fully Vaccinated with Booster 0 de-isolated 17 infectious 3 Patients in ICU 1 Not Fully Vaccinated 1 Fully Vaccinated 1 Fully Vaccinated with Booster 1 Patients on a Ventilator 1 Not Fully Vaccinated 0 Fully Vaccinated 0 Fully Vaccinated with Booster Adventist Health Portland: 7 OHSU-specific data Since Feb.
Community COVID-19 vaccination sites COVID-19 testing OHSU is committed to ensuring all Oregonians have access to COVID-19 testing and appropriate health care, particularly people of color and other individuals from communities hardest hit by COVID-19.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations to allow critical function health care staff to return to work six days, rather than 10 days, after a COVID-19 infection under the following conditions: Staff have had mild to moderate illness and are not immunocompromised; and their symptoms are improving and they are otherwise feeling well.
This change enables OHSU to manage community health care needs and staffing challenges related to COVID-19.
Frontline health care workers reiterate the importance of people getting vaccinated.
The lab is an example of the many collaborations that have been happening at OHSU and in the health care community.
OHSU’s Telemedicine Program offers an opportunity for patients to consult with licensed clinicians through a telephone or video connection from their home, limiting barriers to health care access.

OHSU coronavirus (COVID-19) response

Portland, Oregon Aerial of OHSU. (OHSU/Aaron Bieleck) As of Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 OHSU: 13 Hillsboro Medical Center: 4 OHSU Hospital and OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center hospitalization details: 5 Not Fully Vaccinated 7 Fully Vaccinated 5 Fully Vaccinated with Booster 0 de-isolated 17 infectious 3 Patients in ICU 1 Not Fully Vaccinated 1 Fully Vaccinated 1 Fully Vaccinated with Booster 1 Patients on a Ventilator 1 Not Fully Vaccinated 0 Fully Vaccinated 0 Fully Vaccinated with Booster Adventist Health Portland: 7 OHSU-specific data Since Feb. 28, 2020, there have been 258,122 patients tested. Among those, a total of 28,234 COVID-19 cases have been detected; 13 patients are currently in hospital; and 211 patients have tests pending. There have been 206 in-hospital deaths. There have been 11 new detected patient cases since Sept. 6. To date, OHSU has completed 45,231 COVID-19 tests for 14,052 staff and students. Of those, 4,564 tests for 3,749 staff and students detected COVID-19; 40,207 tests for 12,519 individuals resulted in not detected; 322 tests are pending. OHSU community vaccinations OHSU has administered 452,585 vaccine doses through its community vaccination sites, in addition to the 546,166 vaccine doses administered to date through the Oregon Convention Center vaccination site, which was jointly managed by OHSU, Legacy Health, Kaiser Permanente and Providence Health & Services. (For more information about community locations and who is eligible, see “Community COVID-19 vaccination sites” below.) As the state's academic health center, Oregon Health & Science University remains engaged with state and local public health authorities and health systems across the metro area to coordinate a regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to contain the spread of the virus, including through the use of vaccines that first arrived at OHSU on Dec. 15, 2020. Beginning in the earliest days of the pandemic, OHSU activated an emergency operations center that adapted response plans already in place from previous pandemic influenza outbreaks, and this group continues to meet. OHSU has prepared to treat a surge of patients with COVID-19 while working proactively to contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and protect our workforce. Community COVID-19 vaccination sites COVID-19 testing OHSU is committed to ensuring all Oregonians have access to COVID-19 testing and appropriate health care, particularly people of color and other individuals from communities hardest hit by COVID-19. Throughout the pandemic, OHSU offered low-barrier drive-through testing that has tracked surges in case counts, at various points accommodating as many as 700 people a day through sites in Hillsboro, the Oregon Convention Center and the Portland Expo Center. Starting March 14, 2022, patients and community members can get free COVID-19 testing at OHSU immediate care clinics on its South Waterfront Campus and in Beaverton. Testing will be indoor and by appointment from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. People may call OHSU's Connected Care Center at 833-647-8222 to schedule. Learn more about other OHSU COVID-19 testing options and resources. Patient care OHSU is following the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations to allow critical function health care staff to return to work six days, rather than 10 days, after a COVID-19 infection under the following conditions: Staff have had mild to moderate illness and are not immunocompromised; and their symptoms are improving and they are otherwise feeling well. This change enables OHSU to manage community health care needs and staffing challenges related to COVID-19. Staff in this position will be required to wear N-95 masks. On Feb. 1, 2022, OHSU opened a Centralized Transportation Center. Staff is available seven days a week to help schedule transportation for patients moving between buildings or discharging from the hospital and clinics. The center allows OHSU to more quickly make space for new patients during the current surge in cases driven by the omicron variant. OHSU manages an unprecedented surge of critically ill patients from the delta variant beginning in the summer of 2021. Frontline health care workers reiterate the importance of people getting vaccinated. "This is a preventable illness," says Erin Boni, R.N., B.S.N., "This doesn't have to happen to anyone anymore." OHSU has established a Long COVID-19 Program to provide comprehensive, coordinated care for people experiencing debilitating symptoms months after their infection. OHSU has established a series of steps to prepare patients who have recovered from COVID-19 for elective surgery following their illness. It's believed to be the first published protocol laying out a COVID-era path forward in American medicine. OHSU has implemented a “mask on” policy for all patients, visitors and staff inside the hospital. All employees who work in patient care areas receive masks provided by OHSU. OHSU’s research community came together to launch an in-house COVID-19 testing lab on March 24, 2020. The lab is an example of the many collaborations that have been happening at OHSU and in the health care community. In this case, members of the research community rallied to support the clinical community and testing in a drive to combat COVID-19. The lab's capacity greatly expanded in October 2020. In June 2021, OHSU received federal and state funding to dramatically expand the state's ability to track variants of concern across Oregon and Southwest Washington. OHSU’s Telemedicine Program offers an opportunity for patients to consult with licensed clinicians through a telephone or video connection from their home, limiting barriers to health care access. The service has expanded exponentially in response to COVID-19. Workforce management OHSU has offered childcare accommodations, including a $7.5 million hardship stipend, to help sustain its workforce during the pandemic. A training video OHSU developed to prepare its students and staff to give COVID-19 vaccines is now being used to train California paramedics and emergency medical technicians as that state ramps up its fight against the pandemic. OHSU has instituted a wellness program designed to support clinicians, employees and students during the COVID-19 pandemic. One example is a grant-funded program that paid local restaurants to supply hot meals for high-impact frontline health care workers following the holidays. OHSU is promoting physical distancing within the university, and includes requiring non-critical function employees to work remotely and minimizing the number of people gathered for in-person meetings through video and teleconferencing alternatives. Research and development Community measures Ways to help
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