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Via Electronic Mail
May 14, 2020
RE: Courtesy Notice of UCSF Novel Coronavirus Response Efforts
Dear Union Leaders:
The purpose of this letter is to provide an update related to the outbreak of the respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Attached is a UCSF Health COVID-19 general update issued on May 13, 2020. This general update included the link to the recording of the May 12th UCSF Health Town Hall as well as information on an upcoming educational webinar for best practices related to contract tracing, hosted by the UCSF Office of Population Health and Accountable Care and UCSF Occupational Health Services. The webinar will be held Friday, May 15th from 12pm-1pm, participants may join using the following information:
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Click here to join Password: 791921
Attached is the May 14, 2020 “daily digest” providing up-to-date COVID-19 information to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital employees. The ZSFGH Weekly News Bulletin, dated May 13th, was included in this “daily digest”. In the Bulletin were the latest COVID-19 testing numbers, a Staff and Provider Screening and Masking Update, as well as information on anticipated cycles of surging and resurging.
Attached is a May 14th communication from UCSF Transportation on upcoming service adjustments intended to meet the increased needs of UCSF Campus and Health as UCSF gradually resumes operations. Effective May 18th, discounted daily parking rates will become available, these rates will also be available to monthly permit holders who can expect to receive credits for fees paid for the months of May and June. Also effective May 18th, the frequency of UCSF’s shuttle service will increase. More information on these shuttle and parking service changes can be found at the following links:
https://campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu/transportation/services/shuttles/ https://campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu/transportation/services/parking
There is a UCSF Health and Campus COVID-19 Response Town Hall scheduled for Friday, May 15, at 4 p.m. Participants may join the Town Hall via the following link.
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UCSF will continue to provide ongoing updates on its COVID-19 resource page found at this link: https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu/. In addition, to receive text alerts when updated UCSF guidance and information are available, text 333 111 and enter “UCSF”.
We look forward to working with you in supporting our staff. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns at this time.
Sincerely
Mandeep K. Dhaliwal, Labor and Employment Relations Consultant
cc: Shelley Patton, Director, Labor and Employee Relations Ayesha Mahmood, Interim Manager, Labor and Employee Relations
Attachments: Proof of Service COVID-19 Health General Update dated May 13, 2020 ZSFGH Daily Digests dated May 14, 2020 UCSF Transportation Communication dated May 14, 2020
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Ben Elliott, Lead Organizer, [email protected]
155 Grand Avenue, 2nd Floor Oakland CA 94612
, President @fupoa.org5753 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road, Suite G448 Anaheim CA 92807
1188 Franklin Street, Suite 203 San Francisco CA 94109
Mary Higgins, Chief Steward, [email protected] 400 Roland Way, Suite 2010 Oakland CA 946
nke Schennink, President, 2030 Addison Street, Suite 640B Berkeley CA 94704
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Tarone Bittner, Field Representative, [email protected]
Berkeley CA 9470
Nino Maida, Chief Steward, [email protected] Ninth Avenue
San Francisco CA 94122
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Seva Cuevas
May 14, 2020
Courtesy Notice of UCSF Novel Coronavirus Response Efforts
May 14, 2020
the United States Postal Service
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From: UCSF Health employees <[email protected]> On Behalf Of COVID19 UCSF Health Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 5:55 PM To: UCSF Health - All <[email protected]> Subject: COVID-19 General Update - May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
WHAT’S NEW
As we find ourselves on the downslope of the COVID-19 crisis activation and we begin to turn our
attention to recovery, our COVID-19-specific updates will become less frequent. We remain committed,
nonetheless, to continuing regular and transparent communications about our recovery so that we can
all work united in this next phase of pulling out of this crisis.
TOWN HALL
The recording of yesterday’s UCSF Heath virtual Town Hall can be found here.
This session featured an update from Dr. George Rutherford (with a focus on face coverings), COVID-19
preparedness updates from Dr. Adrienne Green and Kim Scurr, recovery stats from Shelby Decosta, a
marketing update from Rob Odom, and the Faculty Practices Recovery Plan from Dr. Susan Smith and
Dave Morgan.
UCSF HEALTH APPRECIATION WEEK
Nationally, this is Hospital Week, and here, we call it UCSF Health Appreciation Week to recognize
everyone’s efforts across the health system. Please enjoy this video celebrating our staff and faculty
from Gabe Kapler, manager of the San Francisco Giants and his tweet and from Kristi Yamaguchi,
Olympic and World Champion figure skater.
CONTACT TRACING WEBINAR The UCSF Office of Population Health and Accountable Care and UCSF Occupational Health Services invite you to join an educational webinar for best practices related to contact tracing.
Contact tracing is a key tool in the effort to stop the chain of coronavirus transmission and help facilitate a safe reopening of the United States and UCSF. Places that have implemented both increased testing and contact tracing have been able to decrease their cases. Come learn about how our UCSF Occupational Health clinicians are conducting contact tracing to prevent disease transmission and to keep our UCSF employees and patients safe from coronavirus.
Friday, May 15th from 12pm-1pm
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
Please click here to join. Password: 791921
IN THE NEWS
This KQED story about how hospitals prepared to flatten the curve quotes UCSF Health Chief
Medical Officer Dr. Adrienne Green and UCSF neurosurgeon Dr. Philip Theodosopoulos.
In this SF Chronicle story, UCSF students debunk myths about the coronavirus.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How may COVID impact the UC Pension/Retirement Plans? Information is available on the UCOP website here.
CONTACT TRACING
There is anti-contact tracing sentiment on social media from people who are concerned about their
"freedom.” How do we educate and assuage fears? How will contact tracing work if folks refuse?
We respect people’s privacy. The contact tracing program in San Francisco is entirely voluntary and data
collected through contact tracing is not shared beyond the Department of Public Health. There is a lot of
concern about using phone apps as a tool for contact tracing. In San Francisco, we are not using smart
phone proximity tracking apps to contact trace. Any consideration for using that kind of technology will
only occur with commitment to ensuring the following principles:
1. Consent: Patients and contacts should have the ability to opt-in or opt-out of any technology that leverages their personal information.
2. Data Minimization: Only data that is needed to achieve an outcome should be collected, nothing more.
3. Technical Protections: Strong technical controls such as anonymization, encryption, and de-identification should be default features of the technology.
4. Control of Data: Users should have full transparency and control of their data throughout their use of the technology. This means understanding how and where data is stored, the safeguards put in place, and the ability to delete all data at any time.
How can we innovate contact tracing that doesn’t further surveil communities that are already over
policed and criminalized?
There are many ways that we could ‘lean in’ to innovation and make the most of how communities are
already ‘networked.’ There are opportunities using technology innovation related to the following
areas:
1. Support efficient use of resources. Helping existing contact tracing operations to focus on high priority patients and patients without access to the Internet.
2. Improve the accuracy of contact tracing operations. Identify more close contacts without relying solely on the memory of individuals.
3. Scale contact tracing. Leverage technology to reach more people, faster while respecting privacy. Easy enough for end users to opt-in.
4. Support targeted measures for isolation and quarantine. Assist public health officials narrow isolation and quarantine measures to address specific neighborhood needs.
Are there opportunities for contact tracers in other counties throughout the East Bay?
Reaching out to Alameda Department of Public Health would be a good place to start.
Questions? Send to: [email protected]
Subscription to this UCSF Listserv list is based on affiliation, appointment, employment or
registration at UCSF. Membership is updated every 24-hours. Individuals cannot be manually
removed.
From: "SFGH Admin (DPH)" <[email protected]> Date: May 14, 2020 at 9:17:56 AM PDT Subject: Covid-19 Daily Digest - May 14, 2020
Stay up to date with Covid-19 Information
DAILY DIGEST
May 14, 2020
Click here for Staff & Provider Screening
QUICKLINKS
Weekly Community Wellness Zoom WOW Classes
May 11, 2020 CEO Note
If you've recevied a golden star on your screening sticker, don't forget to
email Nykole Baltazar at [email protected] to receive your prize!
Learn more about COVID-19 by following our ZSFG COVID-19 Communications
page.
Covid 19 Situation Report
as of May 13, 2020
Worldwide: 4,345,646 Cases
/ 297,108 Deaths (Johns Hopkins
CSSE)
US: 1,390,361 Cases
/ 84,118 Deaths (Johns Hopkins CSSE)
CA: 72,754 Cases / 2,934 Deaths
(Johns Hopkins CSSE and
CDPH/CalOES SitRep- 5/12/2020
1900)
# of Positive ZSFG Patients: 18
(7 in ICU, 1 in ED, 1 on H52, 9 on
6th floor)
# of ZSFG PUI: 14
SF: 1,994 Cases / 35 Deaths (SFDPH
DOC)
For the latest information, click on
this link to access the SF COVID-19
Data Tracker
STAFF SHOUTOUT
"Great big shout to Joe,he & his
crew works tirelessly day & night
their the heart beat of zsfg ......
Thanks 4 all u do CPD ...."
-Cherie J
"Our GI endoscopy nurses are
absolutely the BEST! They go
above and beyond to provide our
patients the best care possible.
Appreciate you all so much!"
-Shreya Patel
"Shout out to my fellow
CLERKS!!! Let's keep coming to
work with smiles on our faces !!
Lets stay kind and positive to
"So much thanks to our
phenomenal medical interpreters
particularly Carmen, Jose,
help our tired nurses and other
staff members especially in times
like this. We may not be able to
help treat or take care of patients
but we do our best to keep our
units organized, clean and
partially/fully stocked for
whatever nurses need to do their
jobs. When nurses need
something and we don't have it,
we search/run, and make it
happen Thanks to CPD and also
EVS, our Partners at work."
-Mary J "MJ" Haney 7B
Psychiatric Unit Unit Clerk
Marigloria, Gina and Cyra (and
others whose names I do not yet
know) who have helped me with
many many telephone visits.
Their skill and compassion help
me connect to our Spanish
speaking patients even through
language barriers. I know they are
working very hard particularly
these days to help us all stay
connected with the patients we
serve. Thank you from the bottom
of my heart."
-Sara Sullivan
Check out our Staff Shout-Outs page to see the rest of your fellow
staff's submissions.
To submit a staff shout-out click the button below!
#LoveforZSFG
Give a Shout-Out Here!
May 13, 2020 Weekly News Bulletin
This weekly news bulletin will provide the latest
facts about COVID-19 and ZSFG’s response.
Please post on huddle boards and in staff rooms.
Alternative Testing Site (ATS) Tents Update
The COVID-19 ATS tents, currently located in the
B/C parking lot, will be moving to the A Lot by
tomorrow, 5/15.
OHS Website Update
Occupational Health Services (OHS) has
updated their COVID-19 OHS Website.
Please learn more about ZSFG's infection control
practices, workplace exposure risk, and workers'
compensation implications for COVID-19, there.
SF's Response to COVID-19
SF CENtral is a portal for all City employees to
get Citywide updates and information from their
departments in one place. In this week's SF CENtral
Newsletter, learn about the City’s efforts to help
our unhoused neighbors, support merchants and
residents, and expand COVID-19 testing. As SF
CENtral continues to expand in the weeks ahead,
you can look forward to more departments joining
the portal. SF CENtral will provide you with timely
public health and safety information as well as
updates on how the City is responding to COVID-
19. To learn more go to: https://sfdhr.org/sfcentral.
Project Gratitude
"The ED have received enormous support by way
of accolades, food and PPE from our community
to help keep us inspired, fed and shielded during
these times of COVID. As we all saw flattening of
the curve, we knew this could not have been
possible without people sheltering in place. By
sheltering in place, lives have been saved. Those
of HCWs and those of our most vulnerable
patients. So we wanted to give thanks back. Back
to our community for doing what they do so we
could do what we needed to do. We created a
short video made with pictures, footage and even
the song are all from our ED providers and staff.
We created this as a tribute to our community
and want this to be a message from all of us in
the organization. We hope this can serve as our
platform as a way for us to share our gratitude
and be an inspiration to others in seeing the
goodness in the human condition during times
like this."
-Malini Singh, Vice Chief of Emergency Medicine
Mental Health Support for DPH Staff
DPH Behavioral Health Services are offering
mental health support for DPH staff during the
COVID-19 response through phone
conversations, support and resources.
To learn more about the support provided, please
email [email protected].
A Moment to Pause
For this week's issue, click here.
We would love to hear from you. Please suggest a future
topic for A Moment to Pause or to share a word or phrase
to describe how you took a moment to pause (played with
my kids, walked my dog, phone call with family, etc.)
To share please go here.
Submit your Covid Questions!
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Increased Shuttle Service
and Discounted Daily Parking Start Monday, May 18
As UCSF gradually resumes operations, Transportation is adjusting services to meet the increased needs of UCSF Health and Campus. Here are the upcoming changes we want you to be aware of. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we roll out new processes and welcome more faculty, staff, students, and patients back to campus. Please note that Muni will increase frequency on select lines starting May 16. For information, click here.
What's new in Parking
Discounted Daily Parking Begins May 18 Recognizing the limited commute options in these challenging times, UCSF supported free parking to essential on-site workers and UCSF patients since March 16. Given the high cost of providing free parking and since UCSF is on the road to recovery, we are introducing a discounted daily rate, beginning on Monday, May 18. To help everyone ease back into paying, the fee will gradually increase as noted below. Recognizing that many of you will not be on site five days a week, given the increased use of telecommuting and/or rotating schedules, we are pleased to introduce the option of paying daily. If you are planning to park on campus every day, including weekends, you will want to obtain a monthly permit starting June 1, 2020 for lowest cost option and not pay by day. Please allow extra time when arriving the week of May 18, 2020; we appreciate everyone’s patience.
Parking Rates
A valid UCSF ID must be shown to the cashier to receive the discounted daily rate. Students will be charged 50% of the discounted daily rate, with UCSF ID. All patients will receive the discounted daily rate. To pay for your parking starting Monday, May 18, we are offering a touchless payment option through PayByPhone. Visit the PayByPhone section of our Parking webpage for details. Please set up your PayByPhone option before arriving on campus. Alternatively, you may also pay at the gate upon existing. We will provide an update regarding July rates in mid June. A daily max rate will be available for employees in the new fiscal year.
Monthly Parking Permit Holders To allow permit holders to also take advantage of discounted daily parking rates, credits will be issued for permit fees paid for May and June. Instead permit holders will pay the discounted daily parking rate only on days that they park on campus. If you are a permit holder, please visit our Parking webpage to learn more.
Real-time parking info at Mission Bay At Mission Bay, UCSF operates several parking lots and garages. At times, some of these parking facilities reach capacity, while other facilities have plenty of open spaces. To help drivers find open parking spots in real-time, Transportation has launched a parking guidance system that displays parking availability at the Mission Bay lots and garages on our website and on the UCSF Mobile app, on the Go tab, under MB Open Spaces.
What's new in Shuttle Service
More Shuttle Service, including Grey, Resumes May 18 The frequency of shuttle service will increase beginning on Monday, May 18. In addition, the Grey shuttle will also run during the morning and evening peak periods. Shuttles will continue to operate on a modified schedule that includes morning and evening service on most routes. View shuttle schedules at shuttles.ucsf.edu. We anticipate increasing shuttle service again on June 1. Additional details about June Increases will be available by May 26.
Together, we can prevent the spread of COVID-19 As a reminder, in accordance with the local health department restrictions, the following safety measures will be enforced on all UCSF shuttles. While on shuttle, wear appropriate face cover over nose and mouth. To maintain physical distance, there is a 6-passenger limit on each shuttle. Those who are not able to be accommodated due to the maximum capacity restriction will receive a Lyft voucher for travel between UCSF campuses or to the 16th Street BART Station. For more information, please visit: shuttles.ucsf.edu
We're here to help meet your transportation needs during this time of limited options and uncertainty. We're also working closely with Bay Area public transportation agencies and will continue to update you on service plans. Please connect with us at [email protected] if you have any question or concerns.
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