HPHA Moving to COVID-19 Self-Screening Effective October 31
October 28, 2022
In alignment with regional hospital partners, the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA) hospital sites will be transitioning to COVID-19 self-screening, effective Monday, October 31, 2022.
All individuals entering the Clinton Public Hospital, St. Marys Memorial Hospital, Seaforth Community Hospital and Stratford General Hospital will self-screen using the list of questions posted, sanitize their hands and put on a mask. Masks must be worn properly, covering your mouth and nose for the entirety of your visit to the hospital site. Children under the age of two are not required to wear a mask.
Patients seeking emergency care who do not pass the self-screening may still enter the hospital but must speak with a member of the health care team.
Patients arriving for a scheduled appointment who do not pass self-screening should contact the health care team/department they are visiting to determine next steps. In some cases, the appointment may need to be rescheduled to a later date.
Family caregivers, visitors, vendors/suppliers and contractors who do not pass self-screening must not enter the hospital site. Please note, recently expanded Family and Caregiver Visiting Guidelines allow inpatients to have unlimited daily visitors, with a maximum of two at the bedside at a time. Full guidelines can be found on the HPHA website at www.hpha.ca/visiting.
“This move to COVID-19 self-screening means we will be saying goodbye to some of our pandemic health care workers, also known as screeners,” says Andrew Williams, President & CEO. “We’d like to thank this fabulous team for their dedication to patient and staff safety over the past two years.”