# VA - 20-02240-248 - 3
> **Closed** recommendation · 2020-08-27
**Report:** Alleged Deficiencies in the Management of Staff Exposure to a Patient with COVID-19 at the VA Portland Health Care System in Oregon ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/26263))
**OIG report number:** 20-02240-248
**Recommendation number:** 3
## Text
The Portland VA Health Care System Director ensures that standard processes for assessment of staff exposure to high-consequence infections such as COVID-19, including a process for validation of supervisors’ initial risk categorizations, are implemented and monitored to support reliable and accurate exposure risk categorization.
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*Source: oversight.gov · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*