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<p>EMS Providers,<br>
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Please see attached memo regarding C. Auris cases in Worcester. <br>
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Ethan<br>
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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 19:58:41 +0000<br>
From: Debbie Foss <<a href="mailto:dfoss@cmemsc.org">dfoss@cmemsc.org</a>><br>
Subject: FW: C. Auris at Parsons Hill<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our Region 2 Medical Director asked that we send this information out.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">While the current situation is located at one facility in Worcester, he wanted to share this information to as many EMS Providers as possible.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>Tina</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>We</b> have had another reported case of C. Auris in the City of Worcester, this time at Parsons Hill. Out of an abundance of caution, I was hoping to distribute the attached information widely to EMS so that we can make sure that folks are protecting themselves if they respond there. For now, all patients in the facility should be considered potentially infected and Contact Plus precautions should be used and extensive vehicle decontamination should be performed after each patient.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for helping me get the word out about this.</p>
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Take care,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>John Broach, MD, MPH, MBA, FACEP</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine <br>
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University of Massachusetts Medical School</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;">Ethan Naiman</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px;">Lieutenant/EMS Coordinator</span></div>
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