Welcome Mid Coast Health Services Employees!

• We have activated our Pandemic Flu Plan (available on the INET)

• We are focusing all of our actions to control the spread of illness

• Ask patients entering our system to wear a surgical mask if they have respiratory symptoms (cough, sore throat, runny nose)

• Say, “Because we have flu in Maine, we need patients with symptoms to wear a mask just as a precaution. Thank you for understanding.”

Visitors:

• You will notice we have asked visitors to use waterless soap upon entering the building
• Ill visitors should be asked not to visit. Page the Nurse Director on call or the CC if you need help with this.
  

Employees:

• Stay home if you have a fever and respiratory symptoms
• Beep Vicki 818-1432 if you’d like to discuss
• Report sick calls with “flu like” symptoms to Vicki  
• Practice good hygiene-BACK to BASICS!!!!
• Wash hands or use waterless hand soap frequently
• Cover coughs and sneezes
• Use N95 masks for direct care of patients with symptoms- reuse until further notice. Masks not recommended yet for other staff.   Beep Vicki or CC for questions or if you need a mask.
• Clean your keyboards, phones, etc. frequently. This is everyone’s responsibility. Make it part of your daily activities. 
• Make a family backup plan for childcare etc. We need you to keep the place running.