6A | MAY 7, 2020 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Sacred Heart receives national recognition for safety Your one-stop shop. PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend was awarded an ‘A’ in the spring 2020 Leap- frog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing RiverBend’s achievements providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent nation- al watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade is a letter grade assigned to all general hospitals across the country and updated every six months, assessing how well the hospital prevents medical errors and other harms to patients. “I am incredibly proud of the hard work, collabo- ration and dedication that our caregivers, providers and leaders put forth every day in support of Peace- Health’s quality and safe- ty,” said Mary Kingston, PeaceHealth Oregon chief executive. “The current COVID-19 pandemic truly put a spotlight on the im- portance of this work as we are driven by our commit- ment to delivering compas- sionate, high-quality care for our patients, families and communities. “The ‘A’ rating is an achievement that serves as a grounding touchstone, that we can and will con- tinue to do more in trans- forming the way we provide care.” “As the Nation copes with a challenging pandemic, our gratitude extends to hospital leadership and healthcare workers every- where for their tremen- dous dedication,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “We hope this ‘A’ helps to thank the people who work and volunteer for Peace- Health Sacred Heart Medi- cal Center at RiverBend. “They are role models in putting patients first, and their service has been extraordinary in our coun- try’s time of need.” Developed under the guidance of a national Ex- pert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 28 measures of pub- licly available hospital safe- ty data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute- care hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public. To see PeaceHealth Sa- cred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend’s full grade details and access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit hospitalsafe- tygrade.org and follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter and Facebook. OHA reports no known transmission of virus through food, packaging Given the recent plant closures across the U.S. and some in Oregon, the Oregon Health Authori- ty (OHA) and the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) want to assure Ore- gonians there is no evidence that human or animal food — or food packaging is as- sociated with the transmis- sion of COVID-19. Food products do not need to be withdrawn or recalled from the market if someone on the farm or in the processing plant tests positive. “The virus is thought to spread mainly from person to person, such as between people who are in close contact with one anoth- er, or through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes,” said Paul Cieslak, M.D., senior health adviser for OHA’s COVID-19 re- sponse. “A person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface that an infected person has touched, which is why it is so important to get in the habit of washing your hands often including before and after preparing meals, before eating and af- ter you come home if you’ve been out.” ODA and OHA, in part- nership with the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Ad- ministration (FDA), are working together offering guidance to employers as they work to ensure the health and safety of their employees and the food and agricultural workforce that help keep the food sup- ply chain strong. Workers are the backbone of this critical infrastructure. “Our top priority is to provide as much support and guidance to our gro- cery stores, food banks, food processors and ag- riculture industry as we can to help protect their workforce and the public,” said ODA Director Alexis Taylor. “Our food safety in- spectors are still on the job offering remote and in-per- son inspections, doing their best to keep the food supply moving and helping pro- vide the safest food possible to all Oregonians.” Grocery stores, food processors and distribu- tors have been provided guidance on how to protect their workforce and con- sumers from COVID-19. This includes the follow- ing CDC and FDA recom- mendations: • Enforce physical dis- tancing in lines, separate customers and employees by six feet whenever possi- ble. • Install floor markings to require customers to stand behind, until it’s time to complete the transaction. • Consider limiting the number of people in the store at one time; imple- ment a maximum capacity and assign staff to manage the number of people en- tering. • Consider setting special hours for vulnerable popu- lations, such as the elderly or immuno-compromised. Guidance was also pro- vided for sanitization and employee protection to fur- ther inhibit transmission in manufacturing environ- ments and grocery stores. Some recommendations include: • Do not allow symptom- atic (fever of 100.4° F or greater, signs of a fever, or other symptoms) or ill em- ployees to report for duty. • Regularly clean and dis- infect surfaces to limit em- ployee contact and increase frequency of cleaning and sanitizing of common touch points (door handles, touchscreens, keypads). • Consider altering store hours to allow for increased cleaning and re-stocking without customers present. • Cross-train employees and rotate staff between cashier, stocking and other duties, to limit mental fa- tigue in adhering to social distancing measures. • Consider installing sneeze-guards at cashier stations. • Schedule handwashing breaks every 30-60 min- utes. Employees should wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 sec- onds. If soap and water are not available and hands are not visibly dirty, an alco- hol-based hand sanitizer that contains 60-95 percent alcohol may be used. 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