Health center returns to normal activities

The Nodaway County Health Center Board of Trustees met June 15.

After two years of pandemic response due to COVID-19, the well being center is lastly getting again to its common packages and activities.

Administrator Tom Patterson stated this system billing funds have began coming in from the state. He estimated the center was ready on roughly $50,000 in program billings.

Tabitha Frank’s May nursing report confirmed 82 instances of COVID, 14 instances of influenza A and 1 case of influenza B.

The audit remains to be underway. Patterson stated he anticipated the report could be accomplished by August.

In Patterson’s report, he mentioned the Summer Food Services Program contract which has been accomplished for Nodaway and is being labored on for Atchison. This is finished yearly to present sanitation inspections to any registered summer time meals companies program to assist them fulfill this system necessities.

“This is a USDA/DHSS program that supports meal services during the summer when school is out,” he stated. “Sadly, many food servers drop out of the program due to reporting and menu requirements, red tape. This program is probably better suited to urban or large facilities where they have staffing available to focus on administering the program.”

On communicable illness, Patterson reported COVID and flu are gradual. The well being center is offering COVID immunizations as requested, largely boosters. It is monitoring and maintaining with modifications in vaccine availability.

The well being center constructing has not leaked through the latest rains.

There have been points with an ADT sensor displaying errors and leading to after-hour calls and visits to clear codes. Patterson believes the issue has been resolved.

There have been extra confirmed rabies instances in Missouri this yr than final. To date there have been six instances, all bats, in Boone, Cole and St. Louis County. Last yr, to date, there have been two instances.

Total animal heads examined by the state to date have been 634: 236 have been canine, zero positives; 115 cats, zero positives; 206 bats, 5 positives; three skunks, one optimistic; three horses, zero positives; and 39 raccoons, zero positives.

Patterson additionally gave out a map displaying the monkeypox instances within the US.