DCH Coronavirus Update 6-17-21

COVID-19 Vaccine Remote Site Update

The public demand for COVID-19 vaccines at DCH’s remote site has continued to decrease. Starting the week of June 28, DCH will only offer vaccines to the public on Fridays from 7 a.m. to 5:50 p.m. DCH’s vaccination building is in the parking lot just west of DCH Regional Medical Center.

Individuals 12 years and older who wish to receive the vaccine can register for an appointment at https://www.dchsystem.com/covidvaccine/. A parent or guardian must accompany, and sign a consent form for, any individual between the ages of 12 and 17.

Update to Visitor Entry Procedures

Starting June 21, Fayette and Northport will open their main lobby entrances. All other entrances at DCH’s three campuses that are currently open or closed will remain as is.

With this change, 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 (other than the elimination of temperature checking, the visitation policy is not changing at this time).

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

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 3:02 p.m. on 6/17/21:

• 13 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.
• 8,903 (cumulative) unique positives for COVID-19 tests including results from the ED, triage tent and inpatient. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 44,747 (cumulative) unique negatives for COVID-19 at DCH sites.
• 10,786 (cumulative) positive COVID-19 at DCH sites. These individuals are not necessarily in the hospital.
• 86,516 (cumulative) negative tests at DCH sites.
• 3,148 inpatients (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have been discharged.
• 555 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.
• 311 Tuscaloosa County residents (cumulative) who were positive for COVID-19 have died (per the Alabama Department of Public Health).