With the prevalence of COVID-19 in North America, many provinces in Canada have been searching to find a solution to stem the outbreak of the virus within their most vulnerable communities. Single site staffing presents a possible answer for preventing the infection of healthcare workers. As of July 9th, 2020, only British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba have issued single site staffing regulations in Canada.
What is Single Site Staffing?
In the Province of British Columbia, Canada, single site staffing has been ordered by the Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry. This order requires long-term care, assisted living and provincial mental health facilities to limit medical staff to work at only one facility. This is to prevent the potential outbreak of COVID-19 between multiple facilities from healthcare staff that work in many locations.
According to new regulations applied by the BC government on April 10th, it means that health care employers must:
- Restrict the movement of staff between facilities by ensuring that staff only work at one facility.
- Direct staff to work at the facility they are assigned to by a health officer.
- Not permit staff to work at any other facility unless they have been assigned to work at that facility by a health officer.
- Have their staff comply with specific assignments of a health officer with respect to the facility at which the staff are to work.
These regulations are a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic in BC. These new regulations affected healthcare workers in the following healthcare settings:
- Long term care
- Assisted living
- Provincial mental health facilities
- Acute care.
An exception to this rule is if the employee works in community health, even if the employee falls within one of the four healthcare settings above.
How Can Celayix Help Your Workplace?
Celayix can help your workplace navigate these new single site staffing measures governments have put in place. With our software, you can eliminate the manual effort of tracking and scheduling employees at a single site. Not to mention, Celayix has the ability to lock the employee down to one location for a period of time. There is no possibility of accidentally scheduling employees at multiple locations. To prevent any possible transmission, employers can also set employees to only work with specific people. Therefore, in the case of an outbreak, only a small number of employees may be infected as they are always working with each other.
Another feature that Celayix offers is the ability to easily audit your employees. In the case of a breakout of a virus, employers can easily find out who has worked at the site. The employer will also be able to check what day employees may have been exposed and notify them through our in-app communication. With instant messaging functionality, it’s simple and effortless to quickly inform an employee who may be affected. Not only that, but using Celayix, managers can rapidly replace infected employees. See how!
About Celayix
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