Personal Injury Law

Oregon Assisted Living Facility Locked Down During Norovirus Outbreak

By Marler Clark LLP

Nick Christensen, writing in The Hillsboro Argus, reports that residents at the Jennings McCall Center in Forest Grove, OR have been in quarantine since Aug. 11 after an outbreak of norovirus.

Adella MacDonald, chief executive officer of the Jennings McCall Center, said the first case of norovirus came in on Aug. 7. After consulting with county health officials, a quarantine was placed.

At the outbreak's peak, 23 staff members and 21 of the facility's 121 residents had contracted the virus, MacDonald said. One resident was taken to the hospital with dehydration, but nobody was kept overnight.

"We're very fortunate," she said.

Residents were allowed out on their porches for fresh air, and had meals brought to their rooms. Those residents who had access to the outside world without going through the central facility were able to leave with family, MacDonald said.

Full post as published by Norovirus Blog on September 01, 2009 (boomark / email).