Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

It was announced over the weekend that a Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center employee has tested positive for COVID-19. 

The hospital says the infection was not the result of a hospital acquired exposure. The employee tested positive after recently traveling outside the county. The employee had been and continues to be asymptomatic and sought testing as a precautionary measure after returning to the community. 

HRRMC is also saying that although the employee worked their regular shifts the week before testing, the employee wore masks and gloves and followed strict social distancing guidelines at all times and had limited contact with patients and colleagues.

HRRMC CEO Bob Morasko said in a press release, “The exposure did not occur at the hospital, but we are ensuring every employee and patient the positive COVID-19 employee came in contact with is made aware and properly assessed.”   

The employee is Chaffee County’s 76th positive COVID-19 case.