Trillium Health dealing with multiple COVID-19 outbreaks, some hospital wards closing to admissions
by Michael Ranger
Last Updated Dec 10, 2020 at 11:42 am EDT
Trillium Health Partners CITYNEWS
A GTA health network say they are dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks at their three main sites.
Trillium Health Partners says they’ve had 36 staff off work recovering from COVID-19 over the last ten days. Though the network says the transmission was “acquired through a variety of sources” and not all are the result of outbreaks.
Trillium operates two hospitals in Mississauga, Credit Valley Hospital and Mississauga Hospital, and the Queensway Health Centre in Etobicoke.
Mississauga hospital network closes some units to admissions as staff cases grow
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 10, 2020 at 1:55 pm EDT
A car enters the parking lot of the Trillium Health Partners Mississauga Hospital on Aug. 23, 2017. CITYNEWS
A hospital network in Mississauga, Ont., said Thursday that 36 staff members across its three facilities have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last ten days.
Trillium Health Partners notes, however, that the majority of those employees contracted the virus from the community.
“Transmission has been acquired through a variety of sources, the biggest proportion of which has been through the community,” said spokeswoman Keeley Rogers.
Thirty-six employees have tested positive for COVID-19 at Trillium Health Partners, where four units are in outbreak, Mississauga Mayor Crombie said at a weekly briefing Wednesday.
More than 5,000 healthcare professionals convened virtually this week for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement s
The Boston-based organization s annual forum is the largest healthcare improvement event held in the country and draws educational session presenters and keynote speakers from around the world. This year s event covered a range of topics, including quality improvement, health equity, population heath, patient safety, joy in work, and telemedicine.
HealthLeaders attended several educational sessions, which included the following three big ideas.
1. Ensuring successful adoption of quality improvement initiatives
Chris Hayes, MD, MSc, MEd, a former IHI fellow and chief medical information officer at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, presented an educational session on strategies to ensure that quality improvement improves joy in work.