Patients
Housing and COVID-19: How we’re keeping you safe
SCCA House and Pete Gross House staff are working closely with our Infection Prevention team to protect residents from the spread of COVID-19.
We are taking the following steps:
Masks
- All staff are required to wear procedure or cloth masks.
- All residents are required to wear masks when outside of their room and unable to stay at least 6 feet apart from others. Every resident is provided a new procedure mask each day.
- All clinic visitors must wear masks.
Screening and testing
- Residents are screened for COVID-19 symptoms at many different points before and during their stay, including:
- One week before they arrive.
- When they check-in to houses.
- Before getting on the SCCA shuttle.
- At the entrance to the SCCA clinic.
- One week before they arrive.
- If a resident is found to be symptomatic during any of these points, they will receive instructions on what to do next.
Social distancing
- Residents are asked to limit time in shared spaces that must be used, such as the kitchen and laundry areas at SCCA House.
- All common areas in SCCA House are closed; this includes the dining, fitness, media, and wellness rooms.
- Residents are asked to practice social distancing at all times.
Other
- All high traffic areas are cleaned at least 3 times daily.
- Patients are asked to limit the number of people staying with them.
- No visitors are allowed in the houses. Home health care workers are an exception.
- Patients and caregivers must provide their cell phone numbers at check-in. This allows us to contact them if they are exposed to a COVID-19 positive patient.
- Residents receive weekly written COVID-19 updates from housing leadership.
Questions?
Please call the house where you are staying if you have any questions or concerns:
Pete Gross House: (206) 262-1000
SCCA House: (206) 204-3700