Single vs Double Patient Rooms: Best Practices During COVID-19 for Behavioral Health Facilities

Single vs Double Patient Rooms: Best Practices During COVID-19 for Behavioral Health Facilities

hello and welcome to atrium health behavioral health where we are doing our part to decrease the spread of kovat 19:00 because of the patients we serve and daily schedules it is imperative that our teammates and patients follow strict safety protocols to protect themselves and others teammates should be vigilant during this time often suggesting hand hygiene proper cough etiquette and symptom management teammates will record and report any symptoms that patients display that could require additional testing and isolation teammates should always keep in mind identify isolate and communicate any patient that shows signs or symptoms [Music] patients who are awaiting testing results or have tested positive for Cova tonight team will be placed in single private rooms if there are no single rooms available a double room will be used as single occupancy all other patients will be placed in double occupancy rooms sleeping head-to-toe if the beds cannot be separated by six feet due to room size hand hygiene resources are available in bathrooms and provided by teammates and patients are encouraged to use them often during their stay with us we at atrium health behavioral health are committed to keeping our patients and teammates safe during the curve at nineteen pandemic we hope you found this video helpful as we do our part to improve health elevate hope and advance healing for all [Music] you

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