CINCINNATI — College of Cincinnati Well being workers will once more be required to put on masks when interacting with sufferers starting Monday, Nov 13.
The well being system introduced the requirement Tuesday. In an memo despatched to employees, UC Well being mentioned it’s making the choice because of the uptick in respiratory virus infections resembling influenza (flu), COVID-19 and RSV, calling the requirement a preventative measure to guard sufferers.
UC Well being mentioned masks have to be worn whereas workers are in inpatient rooms, affected person examination rooms, within the registration and entrance desk areas, throughout transportation of sufferers, and when interacting with sufferers.
As a part of the often requested questions part of the memo, UC mentioned that if workers weren’t positive if a state of affairs qualifies, they need to act with warning and put on a masks.
UC Well being, like different well being programs, ditched the masks requirement as COVID-19 circumstances leveled off final yr.
Cincinnati Youngsters’s Medical Middle additionally just lately moved again to masking necessities.
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