{"id":6735,"date":"2020-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prd-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/?p=6735"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:45:20","slug":"multicare-covid-19-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/multicare-covid-19-response\/","title":{"rendered":"MultiCare’s COVID-19 Response","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

By MultiCare Health System\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Coronavirus \/ COVID-19 Updates \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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As a community-based health care system, MultiCare has no higher priority than the safety of our patients, our employees and our community.<\/p>\n

MultiCare is prepared and ready to care for patients with suspected or confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and we continue to follow our\u00a0protocols\u00a0throughout our system.\u00a0To make sure our patients, visitors and staff stay safe while we address the COVID-19 situation, MultiCare has established visitor restrictions<\/a> at some of our hospitals. View our COVID-19 Resource Center<\/a> to stay updated and informed.<\/p>\n

Your Health and Safety<\/p>\n

If you have COVID-19 symptoms, recent exposure\u00a0or are concerned about COVID-19 testing, please consider using the\u00a0COVID-19 assessment tool<\/a>\u00a0found on our Virtual Care page, or call your primary care provider directly.<\/p>\n

Additionally, MultiCare Virtual Care can assess anyone that has COVD-19 symptoms or recent COVID-19 exposure via a virtual visit<\/a>\u00a0where our providers will then help you navigate the appropriate next steps and arrange testing when clinically indicated.<\/p>\n

Who is Tested?<\/p>\n

We follow evidence-based guidelines for testing based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other sources.\u00a0A call to your provider, urgent care facility or our Virtual Care services would be the first step\u00a0to begin evaluation of your symptoms.\u00a0From there, we work with both commercial and state labs to facilitate the testing.<\/p>\n

If you are having difficulty breathing or a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 or visit\u00a0the nearest\u00a0emergency department.<\/p>\n

We recognize the local situation continues to change, and we\u2019d like to invite you to visit a special website we created to share information (multicare.org\/coronavirus<\/a>), as well as follow us on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0accounts for\u00a0any changes that may impact you as a patient.<\/p>\n

We encourage you to follow basic\u00a0CDC<\/a>-recommended\u00a0preventative actions\u00a0to help prevent\u00a0the spread of respiratory diseases, including:<\/p>\n