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Lapses in compliance with some COVID-19 protocols were among the causes of the fall outbreak at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre that infected 95 and killed 12, according to internal Alberta Health Services emails.
The emails, obtained by Postmedia through a Freedom of Information request, cite information provided by AHS Infection Prevention & Control on the origin of the outbreak.
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“Main contributing factors are discontinuation of precautions, transferring of patients without maintenance of precautions, and wandering patients with cognitive issues,” the email from Sept. 27 read.
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