Published on March 06, 2020
KIRKLAND, Wash. – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has sent a strike team – consisting of physicians, physicians' assistants, nurses, technicians and other medical care personnel – to start work tomorrow, March 7, at the request of the state, to augment the clinical staff at Life Care Center of Kirkland, a skilled nursing facility.
These healthcare personnel are primarily from the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps as well as some members from the National Disaster Medical System. The team of healthcare professionals will help support the facility who has healthcare workers in self-quarantine as directed by the state after being exposed to clients who tested positive for COVID-19. The HHS team includes several safety specialists who will carefully monitor the HHS team members’ proper use of personal protection equipment (PPE) to mitigate the spread of infection. They will receive PPE and fit testing so that they can safely support the skilled nursing facility beginning this weekend. In addition, the team will have an incident management field team on hand to provide coordination for the deployed medical personnel. “We appreciate Health and Human Services responding to Kirkland’s request for support at the Life Care Center of Kirkland,” said Chief Joe Sanford. “These additional healthcare resources from HHS are vital to managing the situation at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, supporting the needs our most affected residents, and this allows our firefighters to direct their resources to serving the needs of the entire community.” For more information on the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corp visit their website.
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