Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Brighton Twp., Pa.) Suzanne Sakson, director of marketing and communications said in a statement this morning that the Beaver campus identified seven operating room staff members who tested positive for COVID-19. Through contact tracings, four of those identified had presumed outside community exposure to the virus . All four hadn’t been active in the OR in the time prior to testing positive. Two additional employees have tested positive, 29 additional staff members from the OR have been tested that worked through a defined time period. With the additional testing, one employee tested positive for COVID-19.
ALL staff wear PPE’s during OR procedures and patient exposure was defined as minimal low risk by PA DOH The identified patients were notified and follow up testing is being offered. Ms. Sakson said that HVHS is continuing to work with DOH to ensure a safe environment.