After the birth of their daughter Piper at The Birthplace at NCH, Brian and Kate Sullivan shared a wonderful message of thanks to our team.

“This weekend our daughter Piper Grey Sullivan was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Saturday Sept 26th 2020.  We are full of joy to welcome her home here on island.  Both Piper and Kate are home recovering healthy and happy and, are all doing well after the great care received at NCH. We can’t say enough about the experience we had this past weekend.  The new facility was a pleasure to be in, but the real shining star was the team of nurses, techs, doctors and support staff that treated us so well as our family grew. We are overflowing with gratitude to the entire staff at NCH especially the teams working labor and delivery over the weekend, including Rakeem Baker, Rachael Connealy, Jessica Douglas, Erika Noke, Ruthie Tonico, and Emily Wendelken. We were also supported by an amazing doula Sunny Daily who was able to attend the birth, helping complete the joyful experience for us.”

(Domingo, 27 de setembro) Desde sexta-feira, 25 de setembro, o Nantucket Cottage Hospital relatou 19 novos casos de COVID-19 entre pacientes que foram testados no posto de avaliação do hospital feitos pelas janelas dos carros. O índice positivo por sete dias na ilha saltou para 4,3%.

O rastreamento de contatos e a investigação dos casos estão em andamento, cujos contatos próximos sendo encaminhados para teste. Entre esses novos casos refere-se a um grupo ligado a um culto numa igreja na ilha.

Este incidente deve servir como um lembrete à comunidade para evitar grandes aglomerações e sempre usar máscara quando estiver em público, quando o distanciamento físico não for possível. (more…)

(Domingo 28 de septiembre) Desde el viernes 25 de septiembre, el Hospital Nantucket Cottage ha informado de 19 nuevos casos de COVID-19 entre los pacientes que fueron evaluados en el sitio de evaluación del hospital. La tasa positiva de siete días para la isla ha aumentado al 4,3 por ciento.

La búsqueda de contactos y la investigación de casos están en marcha, y los contactos cercanos de estas personas son remitidos para pruebas. Entre estos nuevos casos se encuentra un grupo relacionado con una reunión de la iglesia en la isla.

Este incidente debe servir como un recordatorio a la comunidad para evitar grandes reuniones y siempre use un cubre bocas cuando esté en público cuando no sea posible el distanciamiento físico. (more…)

Since Friday, September 25, Nantucket Cottage Hospital has reported 19 new cases of COVID-19 among patients who were tested at the hospital’s drive-through evaluation site. The seven-day positive rate for the island has increased to 4.3 percent.

Contact tracing and case investigation are underway, with close contacts of these individuals being referred for testing. The Nantucket Health Department reported that among these new cases is a cluster connected to a church gathering on the island.

This incident should serve as a reminder to the community to avoid large gatherings, and always wear a mask when out in public when physical distancing is not possible. (more…)

Among the 14 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Nantucket over the past two days was an employee of Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Below is an outline of the steps we are taking to protect our patients, visitors and staff.

As soon as the testing result was known, the employee was isolated while NCH Infection Control and Occupational Health began working immediately to identify any potential exposures and directing them to take the appropriate next steps as required by our infection control policies.

At this time, we are not aware of any other individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 as a result of exposure to this staff member.

The NCH Environmental Services team regularly conducts deep cleans of all hospital areas as part of our routine cleaning protocols, including the use of the hospital’s Moonbeam UVC disinfection robot which uses powerful short wavelength ultraviolet-C lights to destroy any microorganisms exposed to it.

Nantucket Cottage Hospital continues to screen all staff, patients, and visitors for symptoms, and requires hospital-issued masks at all times for those entering the facility.

We wish our colleague a safe and speedy recovery.

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