A Rhode Island hospital is dealing with a Covid-19 outbreak with patients after it asked staff who had tested positive, but were asymptomatic, to come in due to a staffing shortage.
Eleanor Slater Hospital, a state-run facility with campuses in Cranston and Burrillville, reported it had 28 infected patients as of Thursday, according to theOn Saturday, the hospital had two Covid-positive staff members come into work and three on Monday, according to a"The decision to utilize covid-positive staff who are asymptomatic is consistent with CDC guidance that allows hospitals facing significant staffing challenges to utilize asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic workers,"...
"In the one instance, an asymptomatic staff member did work with patients who did not have COVID, but there have been no COVID positive cases reported in the area where this work took place," said spokesperson Randal Edgar.Joseph Wendelken, with the state's Department of Health, told theWendelken said the hospital did not use any Covid-positive workers on Monday.
"This is not a reassuring plan while administration leadership at Slater Hospital is under serious scrutiny and in flux," Mary Sicco said.
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