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Low staff vaccination rate likely caused outbreak at Florence care facility While the parent company reports 36% of staff are fully vaccinated, Lane County health officials say only 5% are. Posted: Jul 19, 2021 6:52 PM Posted By: Mike Cerullo FLORENCE, Or. A long-term care facility in Florence that s experiencing a major COVID-19 outbreak has released its vaccination data for both residents and staff. The parent company for Spruce Point Assisted Living and Memory Care, Nightingale Healthcare, claims 87% of the facility s residents and 36% of it s staff members are fully vaccinated. However, Lane County Public Health maintains the percentage of staff members vaccinated at the facility is 5%. ....
COVID-19 outbreak at Florence memory care facility causes concern If you work in a place where you take care of elderly people and you re not vaccinated, somebody s dropping the ball somewhere. Posted: Jul 17, 2021 7:29 PM Updated: Jul 17, 2021 9:38 PM Posted By: Mike Cerullo FLORENCE, Ore. Some community members in Florence are stunned after Lane County Public Health reported a major COVID-19 outbreak at Spruce Point Assisted Living and Memory Care. 19 residents and 6 staff members have tested positive for the virus, according to a spokesperson for Lane County Public Health. If you work in a place where you take care of elderly people and you re not vaccinated, somebody s dropping the ball somewhere, Donnie Attleberger who frequently visits his father at the facility said. ....
New data from OHA shows varying vaccination rates among certain health care professions Newly released data from Oregon Health Authority suggests varying vaccination rates among licensed health professionals across the state. Posted: Jul 16, 2021 5:59 PM Updated: Jul 16, 2021 6:27 PM Posted By: Jaewon Jung & KGW LANE COUNTY, Ore. - According to newly released data from the Oregon Health Authority, 70% of Oregon s licensed health care workers have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine but vaccination rates vary widely across different medical professions. In Oregon, 94% of dentists have at least one shot, which is the highest rate of any medical license type. Medical doctors are also among the most vaccinated health care workers, with 87% of the state s nearly 12,000 licensed doctors having received a shot. ....