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Although there is conversation from the CDC around moving quarantine time to 10 days, we have not received guidance from CMS (our trusted partner who determines things like this for Skilled Nursing Facilities) to adjust. We will stay up-to-date on the information and keep you appraised should anything change.

Universal testing will continue per the recommendations of the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Winnebago County Health Department. Please watch your building for signage with test times and locations.​

The frequency of our testing for our skilled nursing facilities is dictated by the county positivity rate which this week is at 17.3%, or indicated as very high. Until we receive guidance that the positivity rate threshold has changed, we will be testing our team members twice a week. To offset the increased capacity of our team to test with such frequency, we will be moving immediately to a “no news is good news” notification system. You will only hear from us if your test result is positive. Fortunately, we are notified immediately of all positive results and commit to contacting you immediately by phone. You can expect this notification process to continue until further notice. Thank you for understanding and for your cooperation. 

Bethel Home Admissions Announcement | In consultation with the Miravida Living Board, we will begin accepting patients including those diagnosed with COVID-19 after they have ended their course of treatment with the hospital and are in need of physical therapy to be able to return home. Many factors were considered… read the full announcement from October 30, 2020 found on the communications calendar HERE.

Let’s begin with defining close contact, CLOSE CONTACT (according to the CDC) means contact with an individual less than 6 feet from you for more than 15 minutes at a time.

• Person with COVID-19 who is symptomatic: infectious period would start 2 days before their symptom onset and ends when they meet criteria for discontinuing home isolation; can be laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness. ​If you had close contact with this person the two days before their symptom onset or any other time during their infectious period you need to quarantine for 14 days. 
• Person who has tested positive for COVID-19 (laboratory-confirmed) but has not had any symptoms:
   
  quarantine would start 2 days before the date of specimen collection and ends when they meet criteria for discontinuing home isolation. ​If you had close contact with this person the two days before they tested positive or any other time during their infectious period you need to quarantine for 14 days. 
  
  

Please note in health care we are wearing full PPE, meaning if your close contact is at work wearing full PPE it would not count as a close contact.

Note: This is irrespective of whether the person with COVID-19 or the contact was wearing a mask or whether the contact was wearing respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE)

Are you able to have complete* separation from the sick person in your home?

• NO: Released from quarantine 14 days after the sick person is well
• YES: Released from quarantine 14 days after our last contact with the sick person

*Complete separation means no contact, no time together in the same room, no sharing of any spaces, such as using the same bathroom.

Below is the symptom-based strategy for determining when a Miravida Living employee can return to work.

Employee with mild to moderate illness who are not severely immunocompromised:

• At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared and
• At least 24 hours have passed since the last fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and
• Symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath) have improved
  
  

Note: Employees who are not severely immunocompromised and were asymptomatic throughout their infection may return to work when at least 10 days have passed since the date of their first positive viral diagnostic test. If employee has moderate to critical illness or who are severely immunocompromised return time may vary.