Influenza and Coronavirus Resources

December 10, 2020: Due to COVID-19 Patient Financial Services and the Medical Records office is closed to walk-in traffic. Please click here to view remote options.

November 11, 2020: Visitors and vendors are not allowed to enter Titusville Area Hospital. One essential caregiver may accompany a patient as medically necessary. We will continue taking employee and patient temperatures when they enter. Appropriate face masks are required.

August 27, 2020: One patient support person per patient is now permitted to enter the hospital. There are guidelines in place for proper procedures to be followed by the support person. Guidelines are avaliable upon entry of the hospital or CLICK HERE to view online.

April 28, 2020: The Dept. of Health is allowing hospitals to perform all elective procedures, admissions, and surgeries effective immediately.

April 24, 2020: TAH Foundation Golf Scramble, scheduled or May 27th, has been cancelled.

March 23, 2020: Visitors are not allowed to enter Titusville Area Hospital. We will be taking employee and patient temperatures when they enter. One essential caregiver may accompany a patient as medically necessary. Outside vendors by appointment only.

March 17, 2020: The Snack Shop at Titusville Area Hospital will be closed until further notice.
March 16, 2020: Tidioute Health Fair scheduled for March 28 is cancelled.
March 16, 2020: Tidioute Health Center open house scheduled for April 2 is cancelled.

“A novel coronavirus is a new coronavirus that has not been previously identified. The virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is not the same as the coronaviruses that commonly circulate among humans and cause mild illness, like the common cold.

A diagnosis with coronavirus 229E, NL63, OC43, or HKU1 is not the same as a COVID-19 diagnosis. Patients with COVID-19 will be evaluated and cared for differently than patients with common coronavirus diagnosis.”

Source: Center for Disease Control

Influenza and COVID-19 are primarily transferred from person to person through respiratory droplets produced by an infected person’s cough or sneeze.

In order to best protect yourself, these simple steps can be followed:

1. Wash your hands often with soap and water. Be thorough, and especially wash your hands after being in a public place, or after coughing or sneezing.
2. Hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol may be used when soap and water are not readily available.
3. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
4. Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

The CDC does not recommend wearing a facemask if you are not sick.

Source: Center for Disease Control

If you suspect you are ill, with any disease, these simple steps can be followed:

1. Stay home if you are sick.
2. Cover your mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Immediately wash your hands afterward with soap and water or hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol when soap and water are not available.
3. Wear a facemask when you are near other people.
4. Clean AND disinfect frequently touched surface daily.

Source: Center for Disease Control

Older adults and people with chronic medical conditions like heart disease, diabetes and lung disease are at higher risk.

There is no evidence to indicate that children are more susceptible. In fact, most data coming from China show that the confirmed cases have been primarily reported in adults.

There is not enough information to indicate if a pregnant woman is more susceptible.

Source: Center for Disease Control

Call your primary care physician. If you do not have a PCP contact the Pennsylvania Department of Health at 1-877-PA-HEALTH.

Clinicians will use their judgment to determine who should be tested. Decisions on which patients receive testing should be based on local epidemiology of COVID-19, as we all clinical course of illness. Most patients with confirmed cases have developed fever and/or symptoms of acute respiratory illness.

Source: Center for Disease Control

TAH is able to collect specimens for COVID-19 testing. Specimens are sent to a lab and typically take 3-4 days to yield a result.

Individuals in any group setting should follow the same steps listed under How Do I Protect Myself? The most important safety precaution businesses can take is to restrict sick emplyees and visitors from commingling with others in the workforce.

Titusville Area Hospital is posting the following information in compliance with the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d). Titusville Area Hospital's charge for a COVID-19 laboratory test is $199.00 and the cash price is the same at $199.00.

Please click here for instructions about what to do while you are waiting for results

Click here for a close contact worksheet. This will describe what a close contact is and provide a worksheet for reporting.