COVID-19: What you need to know today (April 8, 2020)
Expanded Telehealth Services
Your safety is important to us.

At St. Joseph Health Medical Group we know this is a stressful time to be worrying about your daily health care needs. That's why we're pleased to announce that you can now meet face-to-face with your provider from the comfort of your home using a smartphone, tablet or computer – for the same price as your standard office visit copay.

Call your physician's office directly to schedule your telehealth appointment.
Thank you for trusting us to be your partner in health. St. Joseph Health Medical Group is here for you and remains deeply committed to ensuring safe, high-quality care for you and your family.
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Explore the Providence blog, TO YOUR HEALTH for insights, articles and resources that can guide your wellness journey.
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Many businesses have encouraged if not required employees to work remotely as the COVID-19 outbreak spreads. Evaluating ergonomics in the home usually means small changes to everyday tasks, adding up to big benefits in overall employee safety and comfort.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Christopher Celio on how to create a healthy workspace at home.

HOW TO CREATE A HEALTHY WORK SPACE AT HOME
Thursday, April 9 at 9 a.m. PST
Our bi-weekly webcast will provide updates relating to COVID-19, Providence St. Joseph Health's testing capabilities, virtual visits, CDC guidelines and Resiliency and Wellness Resources.
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If you’re unable to hear the audio through your computer device try dialing in through phone:
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*Kind note: please mute yourself when participating to help with feedback and background noise.
Maintain a healthy work environment
Support respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene for employees, customers, and worksite visitors:
  • Provide tissues and no-touch disposal receptacles.
  • Provide soap and water in the workplace. If soap and water are not readily available, use alcohol-based hand sanitizer that is at least 60% alcohol. If hands are visibly dirty, soap and water should be chosen over hand sanitizer. Ensure that adequate supplies are maintained.
  • Place hand sanitizers in multiple locations to encourage hand hygiene.
  • Place posters that encourage hand hygiene to help stop the spread at the entrance to your workplace and in other workplace areas where they are likely to be seen.
  • Discourage handshaking – encourage the use of other noncontact methods of greeting.
  • Direct employees to visit the coughing and sneezing etiquette and clean hands webpage for more information.

Perform routine environmental cleaning and disinfection:
  • Routinely clean and disinfect all frequently touched surfaces in the workplace, such as workstations, keyboards, telephones, handrails, and doorknobs.
  • If surfaces are dirty, they should be cleaned using a detergent or soap and water prior to disinfection.
  • For disinfection, most common EPA-registered household disinfectants should be effective. A list of products that are EPA-approved for use against the virus that causes COVID-19 is available here. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for all cleaning and disinfection products (e.g., concentration, application method and contact time, etc.).
  • Discourage workers from using other workers’ phones, desks, offices, or other work tools and equipment, when possible. If necessary, clean and disinfect them before and after use.
  • Provide disposable wipes so that commonly used surfaces (for example, doorknobs, keyboards, remote controls, desks, other work tools and equipment) can be wiped down by employees before each use. To disinfect, use products that meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-Cov-2, the cause of COVID-19, and are appropriate for the surface.

Perform enhanced cleaning and disinfection after persons suspected/confirmed to have COVID-19 have been in the facility:

Stay home. Stay safe.
This isn’t going anywhere if you go everywhere
“Oftentimes people ask me the question—what can I do to help? The most critical thing you could possibly do for your country, for the health care workers on the frontlines and for the health of your community is to stay home. Stay at home, stay with your family, stay strong, stay together. We will get you through all of this if we all do our part.”

— Rod Hochman, M.D., president and CEO of Providence, leading the care for 5 million patients each year, including many of the first coronavirus patients in the US.
Stay Informed
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 Sent from the desk of:

Teresa Scott
Community Workforce Health Supervisor
St. Joseph Health - Northern California