Rome Memorial Hospital is taking several precautions as it begins to resume elective surgeries.
Rome Memorial Hospital is taking several precautions as it begins to resume elective surgeries.
Of hospitalized covid-19 patients declining , the state is permitting hospitals in certain counties to resume elective procedures.
Rome memorial hospital is able to resume surgeries.
The hospitals ceo mark murphy says, the hospital has seen a small number of patients hospitalized with covid-19 in the last ten days and with the expectation that downward trend continues, the hospital is taking measures to make sure those patients coming in for a surgery feel safe.
There is now a drive-thru specimen collection to test for covid prior to surgery.
Surgery patients will use a separate entrance and elevator to limit encounters with others.
Patients are assigned to a surgical unit on a different floor from patients who may be hospitalized with an infectious disease.
They'll use staffing patterns that ensure staff assigned to care for a suspected or positive covid-19 patient doesn't float into a unit caring for any elective surgery patient.
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