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We receive a call this morning from our Public Health Liaison to inform us that the final result for the resident that had tested positive for Influenza B was negative. This means that there was a rapid test performed by the Public Health lab which was initially positive and with that the Ministry of Health reacted to place the home into influenza B outbreak. After further testing of the sample, it has proven to be a false positive. At this time, Tamiflu will be discontinued for the residents and we currently have an unknown pathogen was the Respiratory Outbreak in Cedar.

Currently, we have two (2) residents isolated in Cedar with unknown respiratory virus and nine (9) residents isolated in Spruce, two (2) of which have covid-19.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let us know

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Kimberly Sander to the Nursing Leadership Team as an Assistant Director of Care.

Kim is a Registered Nurse with over 15 years of experience in the nursing field including leadership roles. Most recently she has been the Client Service Leader for One Kids Place and prior to that was the Program Manager for Perioperative and Perianesthesia Services at the Orillia Hospital. Kim brings to the ADOC role professionalism, passion for leading the nursing team and a deep understanding of clinical care. Kim holds her BScN from the University of Ontario and is currently completing her Masters of Science in Nursing. We believe that she will assist in strengthening the nursing leadership team and growing our Pines LTC home team. Kim officially starts on Monday November 21, 2022 and will report to Tara MacLellan, DOC as well as working alongside Jennifer Carriere, ADOC. She can be reached at ext. 4861.

Please join us in congratulating Kim on her role and welcoming her to the Pines!

We continue to be on outbreak on Cedar with 1 confirmed case of influenza and are awaiting lab results. We currently have 3 residents in Isolation.

We continue to be in an mixed Outbreak on Spruce with 2 resident confirmed cases of Covid-19, and other cases of Entero/Rhino Virus. Total of 8 residents in isolation on Spruce home area.

• Please continue wearing Eye protection and appropriate masks (N95 for Spruce)
• Please continue using appropriate PPE according to the signage on the residents door
• Please continue hand hygiene

Please reach out if you have any questions! 😊

Melissa Muir-Clark (she/her)
IPAC Lead

Phone: (705) 645-4488 x4752
Fax: (705) 645-6857
www.thepinesltc.ca

Our Mission: Optimizing life with excellent care, compassion and comforts of home. Our Vision: Continuously improve care, safety and quality of life in partnership with residents, their families and our community.

Cedar remains with three (3) residents in isolation and is still considered influenza outbreak.

Spruce is now in COVID-19 & Respiratory Outbreak. Currently, we have two (2) COVID Positive residents on this unit, and six (6) other residents with respiratory symptoms.

In collaboration with Public Health, Spruce Home Area has declared a Respiratory Outbreak as of this morning.

We currently have three (3) symptomatic residents with an unknown pathogen.

Cedar Home Area remains in Influenza Outbreak at this time.

Essential Caregivers are the only visits able to enter both of these home areas and only two (2) at a time. Family members of those affected residents have been notified. We will continue to keep you updated as we work through this most recent outbreak.

Thank you to everyone that volunteered to help and to all the staff and residents for their patience as we worked through the exercise. What a great learning opportunity for our team!

The outbreak in Oak has been declared over at this time.

Unfortunately, we now have an influenza case in Cedar with two other resident with symptoms as well. In collaboration with Public Health, Cedar has now been placed on outbreak as of October 26, 2022. Currently there are three (3) residents with symptoms and once (1) of which is confirmed on the home area and family members of those affected have been updated. We will continue to provide updates as we work through this most recent outbreak.

Thank you to those that were able to attend the meeting. If you would like to review the recording, please click on the link below.

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