COVID-19 outbreak in nutrition and food services, over

Grand River Hospital, in consultation with Region of Waterloo Public Health, has declared the COVID-19 outbreak in nutrition and food services over.

Thanks to our team members for their hard work in caring for patients, supporting each other and diligently implementing increased COVID protocols to bring an end to this outbreak.

In outbreak situations, the hospital immediately implements the following enhanced protocols. In this case, that included:

• Increased surveillance to identify potential cases and follow-up investigations;
• More frequent cleaning of high-touch surfaces;
• Cohorting staff as much as possible; and
• Continually reviewing our practices and implementing new measures as required, as part of our ongoing risk assessments.