Influenza outbreak declared at Prince Edward Home Sunrise Place Household in Charlottetown
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Prince Edward Dwelling in Charlottetown has declared an influenza outbreak on the Dawn Place Family.
Throughout the outbreak, guests to Dawn Place Family are restricted to 3 partners-in-care for every resident, with just one partner-in-care current at a time. Customer restrictions will stay in place till the outbreak is asserted over.
Dr. Michael Gardam, CEO of Well being PEI., mentioned flu outbreaks shouldn’t be occurring in Well being P.E.I. services and pressured that folks comply with the principles at all the well being authority’s services, together with masking.
“This, like every outbreak in one in every of our services, is absolutely unlucky,” mentioned Gardam. “An outbreak means sufferers and residents are disadvantaged of tourists. And if we are able to’t admit new sufferers or residents right into a facility due to an outbreak, it means somebody isn’t receiving the care they want proper now.”
Admissions to Dawn Place Family will probably be restricted to individuals with latest or present influenza infections and on a case-by-case foundation.
Masks are required to be worn always in Well being P.E.I. services, together with on the bedside in its hospitals, well being centres, companies areas and places of work.
