On April 22 we had a pipe elbow failure in our Emergency Department (ED) causing a significant water leak. Crews are assessing the impact and we are in the process of water abatement. Our ED is open, but several rooms are currently offline which could increase wait times. Some surgeries are also being rescheduled.
A new COVID-19 status indicator will appear in the Storyboard starting Oct. 27. The goal is to provide quick, at-a-glance information regarding the patient’s COVID status.
This indicator is separate from Infection status and will always display a value. Other infection statuses that you are accustomed to seeing are displayed separately. The values for COVID are color-coded and include date information, where relevant.
COVID statuses include the following:

Hovering over the COVID-19 status in the Storyboard will provide additional information. Active COVID Lab orders and prior COVID results will also be displayed.