Alerts

Visitor Restrictions – Effective July 26, 2020

For a complete listing of Visitor Restrictions for Central Maine Medical Center, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital visit the public COVID-19 visitor restrictions page.

Universal Screening for CMH Facilities Began on 3-24-2020

During this time of uncertainty, it is now more important than ever to come together as one Central Maine Healthcare team with our CMH Service Standards guiding us. In order to provide the best care possible to our patients, community and each other, we must use our CMH standards of teamwork, honesty, accountability, serving as a role model and asking for help when needed, as our guiding principles.

We understand that there is a lot of uncertainty and our normal lives have been thrown off track, but we must remember why we all became health care team members – we are compassionate and care for those in need. We must keep those principles in mind when making decisions in the coming days. As schedules shift, duties temporarily change and life outside of CMH enters an unprecedented time, we understand you may be concerned about family, choice time and pay. However, we must be vigilant in monitoring our own health for the safety of our patients and our team members.

It has become apparent to us that in this time of stress we have sometimes forgotten how our health can impact those around us. To assist with that effort and to ensure that we can limit the exposure of COVID-19 within our own facilities, we will be implementing screening of anyone who enters our buildings, whether they are patients or team members.

We have been screening every team member who enters any hospital, practice or clinic facility. The screening will include a temperature check and questions regarding current symptoms and recent exposure to a person with known or being tested for COVID-19. The screening was updated most recently on April 21 and  will work as follows:

Criteria

1. Are you currently experiencing symptoms of an upper respiratory infection?  (productive cough, shortness of breath, fever, sore throat)
2. In the last 14 days, have you had contact with someone with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID 19, a person under investigation for COVID 19, or a person that is exhibiting signs of  respiratory illness?
3. In the last two weeks do you have a history of losing your ability to taste or smell? Are you currently experiencing a loss of taste or smell?
4. Do you currently have a cough, SOB, sore throat, and the potential for lower fevers with muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache, runny nose, fatigue?
5.  Temperature > 100.4 ⁰ F or 38.0 ⁰ C
   • If you answer yes to question #4 and feel well enough to report to your designated work area, please follow up with occupational health prior to leaving your shift. Call 795-2830 during normal business hours, or 577-6494 after hours.
   • The team member may be sent to the ED, sent home, or referred to Occupational health based on positive screen responses per screening guidelines.

 

Clinical Education Changes

• All BLS, ACLS and PALS classes scheduled through the April 17, 2020 have been cancelled and will be rescheduled
  • The American Heart Association is allowing 60 day extensions from the recommended renewal date (expiration date) for all AHA certifications
• Upcoming TNCC classes have been cancelled and will be rescheduled
  • TNCC certifications that expire now through April 30th will be extended through May 31
• CPI classes have been cancelled and will be rescheduled
• The fetal monitoring class scheduled for Tuesday will be held
• The Rhythm Recognition class will also continue as planned

If you have any questions regarding clinical education, contact Robin Gilbert, Regional Education Manager, 207-795-8357, GilberRo@cmhc.org.

Hospital Entry and Exit

• Staff must enter through designated doors.
  • At CMMC designated door is at 60 High Street for entrance into the Main Hospital. There is badge access available there now.
    12 High Street is for access to the Medical office building.
  • At Rumford Hospital, the main lobby will be open from 5:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Monday – Friday,
    7 a.m. – 12 noon on Saturday and locked on Sunday
    • The back door (by dietary) will be open 7:30 – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday and
      locked all weekend.
    • The ED door will remain the same.
    • Team members will be able to swipe in any door and are encouraged not to use the ED entrance if you do not work there.
  • At Bridgton Hospital, the main lobby will be open from 6 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Monday – Friday,
    6 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Saturday and locked on Sunday
    • When the doors are locked, please enter through the ED entrance.
    • All other entrances are locked.

Food Delivery Restrictions and Options

• To better protect our teams, patients and the community, take-out food deliveries to the hospitals will no longer be permitted. Sodexo is helping us mitigate this change by:
  • At CMMC, they are providing food evening hours from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The options would be grab and go sandwiches and salads, one hot entrée and a hot side dish. Cold beverages only.
  • A three-to-four day menu will rotate and be posted on the Portal.
  • At Rumford and Bridgton Hospitals “honor system” grab and go boxes will be available in the cafeterias for night shift team members.

Team Member Assistance

• If you are experiencing financial hardship as a result of unexpected childcare expenses, the Employee Emergency Assistance Fund is available. The application is available on the Portal under “Organization Resources”.
• Our Wellness Partners, OMC, have specific services available for dealing with stress management, children being home, physical activity, nutrition, and many more.  The Healthy Decisions Portal will be updated with these resources and will be available in the next few days.  You can access our Wellness website through the http://www.cmmfhealthydecisions.com  website by clicking on the Wellness Tab, or by clicking here:  https://cxp.pdhi.com/Portal/Member/f21c5d90-c0fa-4ac3-a85a-08272049e22d.