Charlie,

 

We have been working on this for about two weeks now.  We are in the process of opening up separate employee testing sites for only asymptomatic testing to test those employees with exposures and those who have been identified as working on a unit with a cluster of employee infections.  These sites will be staffed by employees from other departments picking up shifts or with temporary workers.  Our own staff needs to handle the many phone calls and questions that come in around this.  Staffing has been the trickiest piece, as HCW’s with this skill set are in high demand.

 

We are hoping to use our screening app and add a place to report exposures/schedule testing.  Here in WI we need to be testing q 72 hr for healthcare workers exposed and coming to work, which will be a rather major task for a large healthcare system.

 

Also curious to hear what others are doing to manage this situation!

 

Laura

Laura L Radke, MD

Medical Director, F&MCW Occupational Health Services

Phone:  262-253-8197  | Fax:  262-253-5152 Cell Phone:  414-530-0723

E-mail: laura.radke@froedtert.com

 

Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Workforce Health / North Hills Health Center Building B First Floor

W129 N7055 Northfield Dr.

Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

 

 

 

From: MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net> On Behalf Of Charles Hackett
Sent: Monday, November 2, 2020 7:36 AM
To: MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh@mylist.net>
Subject: [MCOH-EH] Covid Testing

 

We are being inundated with an increase need to test employees for covid. 

It’s being driven both by demands from our DOH and an increase in cases seen amongst our employees 

Like all of you our employee health team is stretched to the breaking point

We are trying to look at different ways of structuring our testing program

At the present time all covid testing is coordinated through employee health

How are you structuring your testing

Do you have a separate covid testing center?

Have you been able to increase resources to meet demand 

Any insight would be appreciated

Thanks

Charlie Hackett. MD, MPH

Lifespan

Medical Director EOHS, Chief Of Community and Family Medicine RIH


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