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Originally Posted by banyon
I don't know of any nursing homes that aren't on lockdown orders and it still gets in. But the lack of PPE is probably a factor too.
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This has been bothering me for a while now.
For ~20 years hog facilities have been shower in shower out and visitors are required to not have contact with other hogs for 24 hours prior to visiting. It's been a standard biosecurity measure for even longer at some facilities.
Our nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and even some hospitals are often staffed by the reject nurses and have very minimal biosecurity measures in place. I know we can't lock them away behind glass to isolate them, but would a shower in shower out on policy on staff really be a bar too high? Obviously it doesn't do any good if they're an actual shedder and we can't require staff to limit normal contact, but spending your day homeschooling your 4 slobbering heathens and then heading off to your evening nursing home shift just seems like a terrible idea.
We're telling nurses to strip down outside of their homes before going into their family's environment, so why isn't it being encouraged/required in the other direction?