The safety precautions have paid off: After the Corona case among the employees of the Kraillinger nursing home Maria Eich in the middle of last week, all tests were negative
Krailling - Both the direct contact persons and the other residents of the ward where the employee was deployed were not infected with SARS-CoV-2. According to Bettina Bäumlisberger, spokeswoman for Caritas Munich, the results of a second test should be available on Wednesday.
The employee came back from her vacation in her south-eastern European homeland on Monday last week and had herself tested straight away. “Of course it would be great if the test results were there within 24 hours,” says Bäumlisberger. However, this is not always possible due to the strain on the laboratories. In any case, the result of the employee was not yet known when she returned to work for the first time on Wednesday in the morning shift. With special safety precautions, with an FFP2 mask, gloves and protective gown, according to Bäumlisberger, it is allowed to deploy personnel without a test result. “It's just a shortage job. We need nursing staff that the market cannot provide. Everything is sewn to the edge. "
The result arrived after the end of the shift
When the positive result arrived after the shift, the entire ward was quarantined: the nine employees and eleven residents with whom the woman had been in contact, as well as the other 26 roommates. The relatives have been informed. The sick employee is fine, she is symptom-free and is in quarantine. Bäumlisberger campaigned for understanding. 70 percent of the staff did not come from Germany. “We have a lot of staff from Eastern and Southeastern Europe, because they are very good at the care there.” The corona pandemic is a particular burden for the employees, also because of the limited number of family members who can visit. Bäumlisberger: “Of course they visit their families on vacation. "
In April , a station was already under quarantine.