DCH Coronavirus Update 7-8-21

Reminder: Visitor Entry Procedures

On June 21, DCH made some minor changes to its visitation processes. Security officers will continue to be present at the open entrances but will no longer check temperatures and IDs. They will also continue to provide visitor badges, make sure masks are being worn and inform visitors that, in most cases, only two visitors are allowed at a time for NON-COVID positive patients.

For medical staff offices, security will only be providing a visitor badge and requiring individuals to wear masks.

The most current version of the DCH’s visitation restriction policy can be found here https://www.dchsystem.com/~/covid-19/visitation-policy2/.

COVID-19 Information

To protect patient privacy, DCH has established a minimum threshold of five for reporting numbers of inpatients with laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19.

DCH Health System internal counts as of 3:13 p.m. on 7/08/21:

• Five or fewer inpatients within the DCH system who are positive for COVID-19.
• Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are being treated in the ICU.
• Five or fewer inpatients who are positive for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
• Five or fewer who are positive for COVID-19 are on a BiPAP.
• 8,937 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 45,476 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 10,830 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 88,328 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,184 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 557 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died at DCH. This is not an indication of the cause of death, only that the individuals were positive for COVID-19 at the time of death.
• 314 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).