Reports

The VA Great Lakes Health Care System Director evaluates whether administrative action is warranted for individuals regarding failures to mitigate risk and manage a COVID-19 outbreak at the VA Illiana Health Care System, and takes action, as appropriate.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director directs community living center leaders to complete a post-baseline plan for the COVID-19 disease that includes the required elements of screening, monitoring, and testing.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director evaluates the community living center standard operating procedure titled “COVID-19 Bi-Monthly Resident Surveillance Testing” to ensure that it provides guidance with specific actions for staff to take when a resident tests positive for COVID-19.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director verifies that COVID-19 testing for community living center residents and staff occurs as required for both routine surveillance and in response to confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director confirms that the community living center COVID-19 standard operating procedure clearly communicates the process, including roles and responsibilities, for notification of a resident’s change in condition or room assignment and communicates the plan to all community living staff.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director executes a process to ensure that the facility identifies potential high-risk scenarios, such as an outbreak of COVID-19 at the community living center, and when identified, creates a plan to mitigate and manage risk.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director directs those conducting the facility’s after-action review of the community living center outbreak to include input from frontline community living center staff and takes action as necessary.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director ensures the plan to monitor and track face mask wearing by staff at the community living center adheres to current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, is ongoing, results are monitored, and action plans are implemented as warranted.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director confirms that all community living center staff identified as requiring respiratory protection are fit tested, trained, and have ready access to respiratory devices.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director ensures a plan is in place that adheres to current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance regarding staff with known community exposure to COVID-19, and monitors for compliance.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director confirms that a comprehensive plan is in place that adheres to current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance regarding community living center residents with known exposure to individuals diagnosed with COVID-19, and monitors compliance.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director ensures operability and use of the bed management system for tracking completion of room cleaning.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director oversees the completion and implementation of a policy for administering aerosol-generating procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic that adheres to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, and monitors compliance.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director evaluates the organizational approach for notifying managers of updated Veterans Health Administration policies and guidance for monitoring actions taken to ensure compliance with new requirements.

The VA Illiana Health Care System Director reinforces facility staff understanding of Veterans Health Administration guidance related to community living center practices, including group activities, disseminated during emergent events such as a pandemic and maintains oversight of community living center leaders’ implementation of such guidance.