Adams County Health Department is announcing four new cases of COVID19 today (April 5, 2020.) None of the newly announced cases have any epidemiological linkages to one another nor to any previously announced cases.
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Learning the lessons of a pandemic, from Maureen Kahn, President/CEO, Blessing Health System
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On April, 3, 2020, The Adams County Health Department announced a new case of COVID-19 in Adams County.
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IDPH and Quincy Area EMS are calling on any person who has an expired Illinois EMS License to volunteer to come back and serve as an EMS provider during this time of need.
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Blessing Hospital has purchased and installed a “BioFire®” testing system in its laboratory. BioFire® allows for in-house testing of twenty-one common viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens in less than an hour. The BioFire® platform has received FDA approval for COVID-19 testing and Blessing Hospital Laboratory will implement the test immediately upon receipt of the test kits from the company.
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A letter to our communities, from Maureen Kahn, President/CEO, Blessing Health System
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Blessing Health System is following federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for health systems across the country to implement tactics to conserve the use of PPE. One CDC-approve tactic is the use of cloth masks over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) N95 masks to extend the life of the masks. Individuals and organizations are now contacting Blessing Health System to volunteer to sew the cloth masks.
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For the safety and convenience of their patients, Blessing Physician Services (BPS) and Hannibal Clinic providers are offering telehealth visits for those with appropriate conditions.
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On March 19, 2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health and Governor JB Pritzker announced that a resident of Adams County has tested positive at the IDPH Laboratory for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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