Good Afternoon –

Please see the results from this week’s point prevalence testing (PPT) below. You will be notified if any additional tests return positive.

• RenVilla – 0 residents and 1 staff tested positive. No indoor visitation at this time. Testing residents weekly. Testing staff twice weekly due to county positivity.
• Meadows on Main – 0 tenant and 0 staff tested positive. No indoor visitation at this time. Weekly testing for tenants and staff.
• Prairie View – 1 tenant and 3 staff tested positive. Weekly testing for tenants and staff.

We continue to follow recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines pending approval by the FDA. We anticipate this will occur before the end of December.  We appreciate and support the decision made by the federal government to prioritize long-term care residents and staff in the distributions of the COVID-19 vaccine. Our vaccination process for staff and residents will be based on guidance from MDH as well as official CDC recommendations that have yet to be released and we will share this with you very soon! 

The beginning of December brought a surge of cases throughout Minnesota.  Please help us protect our staff and residents by wearing a mask and social distancing.  We again ask that you refrain from taking your loved one home over the Christmas holiday and schedule video visits with Deb Vizecky, Amy Klawitter, or Deb Wertish respectively.

We continue to work with Cami Paterson-Devries, AGNP on our infection control practices, policies, and emergency management. If you have any questions on this, she can be reached at CPeterson-DeVries@sfhs.org or 320.287.0313.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Casie Knoshal

  Administrator

  Renville Health Services

   Phone: (320) 329-4373

   Fax: (320) 329-3678