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Canada - Fully vaccinated patients with and without COVID can share hospital rooms, Fraser Health says - January 21, 2022

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Mary Wilson

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Posted January 20, 2022 7:23 pm
Updated January 21, 2022 12:20 pm

By Simon Little

Patients who test positive for COVID-19 may no longer be kept separate from other fully-vaccinated patients in Fraser Health hospitals, according to new guidance from the province’s largest health authority.
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According to revised infection prevention and control recommendations dated Jan. 14 and obtained by Global News, COVID-19 cohorts are now being reserved for patients “requiring medical management of significant respiratory symptoms” due to the virus.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8527928/...patients-shared-hospital-rooms-fraser-health/
 
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-hospital-sharing-rooms-1.6324385

B.C. to allow COVID-positive and double-vaxxed patients to share hospital rooms
Policy due to hospitals being overwhelmed with new cases, officials say
CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2022 2:45 PM PT | Last Updated: 41 minutes ago

Due to record-high hospitalizations, patients who have COVID-19 are being placed in the same room with double-vaccinated people who do not have the virus, British Columbia health officials said.

B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed the policy at a Friday news conference, responding to a specific question about the policy's use by the Fraser Health Authority.

It is unclear if the policy is limited to hospitals in Fraser Health, the province's largest health-care authority with 12 hospitals, and which hospitals have the policy in place.

A spokesperson for Fraser Health refused to answer questions when asked about the specifics of the "cohorting" policy, instead pointing to the answers given at Friday's news conference. Cohorting refers to assigning different patients into different groups for the purposes of disease management.

At the news conference, Henry said the protocol was to "maximize space" in health-care facilities amid a rapidly mounting hospitalization rate due to the more infectious Omicron variant...
 
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