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Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-029 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Memorandum to All Interested Parties, 'First confirmed staff case of COVID-19 at MCC' (Mar. 13, 2020)

Close contacts of a positive employee directed to self-quarantine 14 days; two housing units at the Monroe Correctional Complex placed in precautionary quarantine and restricted movement; Department COVID-19 screening, testing and infection-control protocol distributed since Mar. 5, 2020

Washington State Department of Corrections (Secretary Stephen Sinclair) · Washington State Department of Corrections (Office of the Secretary); State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
Washington State Department of Corrections (Office of the Secretary); State level · Washington
Level
State
Authority
RCW 72.09.050
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13
End
Unit quarantine 10 days; protocols continued (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • DOC employees (close contacts)
  • incarcerated individuals in WSRU A and B units
  • all interested parties (families, contractors, volunteers)
Functions reached
  • WF staff quarantine
  • QUAR unit restricted movement
  • EMP
Character
context
Collection
State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD

Operative words

Anyone confirmed to have been in close contact will be asked to self-quarantine at home until the suggested 14-day quarantine period ends.... MCC is also placing WSRU A and B units where the employee worked into precautionary quarantine/restricted movement for 10 days, until the 14-day quarantine period ends.... DOC's health services team, in consultation with the Dept. of Health and the Centers for Disease Control, has developed a specific protocol for COVID-19 screening, testing and infection control that they are updating regularly and have been distributing to health services staff and facility superintendents since March 5.

Enforcement

Secretary's authority (RCW 72.09.050)

Notes

Minor exhibit; documents the Department's protocol regime and the first staff quarantine.

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