Because someone might bring it into the building. Although I'm one of those who thinks masks don't really do a lot of good.
I've heard that at the White House everyone who comes into contact with the President gets tested every day and their temperature checked when they enter the building.
Question. What exactly does the National Guard do in a nursing home and what is their level of infection control expertise? The National Guard and the FBI were in the very large nursing home in my county (Brighton Rehab) and more recently at another nursing home in Westmoreland County where there have been a large number of cases
They do testing, provide ppe, do training on IC and use of respirator. Things like that. Early on they helped bc of the shortages in staffing. Our industry is all ready short handed but then you add a large percent of staff out bc of sick or symptoms. Back the. It took weeks to get a test and or get results back.