The main CDC completed the investigation at the Madison nursing home after 28 days and there are no new COVID-19 cases

Madison's 174 Main St. Maplecrest Rehabilitation and Living Center in. Rich Abrahamsson / Morning Sentinel Buy this photo Madison — State officials have completed an investigation into the coronavirus outbreak at the Maple Crestry Rehabilitation and Living Center in Madison, infecting 40 people and killing 7 people. On Saturday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Maine closed the investigation after 28 days had passed without recording a new case of COVID-19 infection at a facility in Maine 174 Main St. Apart from this, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services Secretariat previously Violated federal requirements to prevent the spread of COVID-19Has submitted a second amendment plan for amendments deemed acceptable. The original amendment plan submitted by Nursing Home at the end of September did not meet the approval requirements, but DHHS sources said they could not provide details at the time. On Monday, DHHS spokeswoman Jackie Farwell offered a second remedial plan. This was approved after the Nursing Home submitted it on October 9th. "The facility has a dedicated infection control preventive physician, an independent nurse consultant, and a temporary manager responsible for adhering to appropriate infection control measures, including symptom screening of staff," Farwell said on Monday afternoon. Written by e-mail. She added that the main DHHS licensing and certification department "contacts the facility frequently and conducts regular oversight to ensure implementation of the amendment plan." According to DHHS, after the outbreak investigation, nursing homes were unable to implement a system for monitoring symptom reports during the screening process. In a document provided by DHHS, a certified nursing assistant answered "yes" to repeated tremors with cough, new muscle aches, chills and sore throat (four symptoms listed in the COVID-19 screening), 10 I worked in shifts of time. The day after these symptoms were recorded, employees called the facility to inform them that they had been exposed to a person who tested positive for COVID-19. On August 18, the same employee tested positive for COVID-19. Robert Long, a spokesman for the main CDC, confirmed on Monday that the Maplecrest-related outbreak investigation began on August 21st and ended on October 24th. There were 40 cases and 7 deaths associated with the outbreak of the institution. Madison's 174 Main St. Maplecrest Rehabilitation and Living Center in. Buy this photo The outbreak in Maplecrest is August 7 wedding in the Millinocket area, The crowd limit was ignored and no mask was needed. None of the people who died at Maplecrest were at the wedding on August 7. Instead, an adult attending the wedding reportedly contacted someone and that person contacted a nursing home staff member. Nursing homes, announced through a Facebook post in mid-August, have suspended visitors' permission to rehabilitation and living centers. At the time of posting, a nursing home spokesperson said the center was working with local and health authorities to stop the spread of the virus in the facility. Prior to this, a spokesperson said that the only institutional visits allowed during the pandemic were patients receiving hospice care. The patient spoke last month She explained the emotional consequences of the outbreak, saying she hadn't hugged her family or watched her dog since March, and demanded transparency from her nursing home. In a correction plan, nursing home officials need that the screening tools used by employees reflect all new coronavirus-related symptoms, not COVID-19-related symptoms, and bring symptomatic staff home. I said there is. Nursing service directors are also notified to those who do not meet the screening requirements. The user name / password is invalid. Please check your email to confirm your registration and complete. Please use the form below to reset your password. When you send an email for your account, you will receive an email with a reset code. "Forward The town hall of Bowdoinham was closed due to possible COVID-19 infection and early face-to-face voting was suspended. Next " The latest estimates show that the population of North Atlantic right whales has decreased by 11%. This iframe contains the logic needed to process Gravity Forms with Ajax. Related story Pictures Credit