To assist members with this evolving public health emergency, Travis County Medical Society is updating its Coronavirus Resources page as new information is received from public health authorities.
The following critical advice, released yesterday by Austin Public Health, has been added. Please note the new specified control measures, which impact hospitals, doctors’ offices, clinics, and other healthcare facilities:
Advice comes as new control order instructs healthcare facilities to implement sanitation and screening measures
Critical advice has been issued for people in Austin-Travis County who are aware they have had contact with an individual with COVID-19.
Interim local heath authority Dr. Mark Escott has laid out important guidance aimed at reducing the spread of the disease as investigations into the first local cases continue.
Based on these first three cases, Austin Public Health (APH) epidemiologists and nurses are currently conducting contact tracing on hundreds of people.
The new advice states:
Separately, Dr. Escott has issued a new control order instructing all healthcare facilities in Austin-Travis County to implement a range of sanitation and screening measures.
The new specified control measures, which impact hospitals, doctors’ offices, clinics, and other healthcare facilities, mandate that:
“Preserving healthcare system functioning is paramount during the spread of COVID-19,” said Dr. Escott. “I believe this order is an appropriate control measure to ensure healthcare facilities can continue to provide care for all patients at the appropriate level while reducing the transmission of disease.”
The order follows similar measures last week aimed at securing long-term care facilities, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. Separately, emergency rules have been adopted mandating restaurants and other food establishments to take a range of actions to reduce the possibility of exposure to COVID-19 in Austin-Travis County.
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