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Auburn Community Hospital now requiring masks as new COVID variant spreads
by: Megan Hatch
Posted: Aug 18, 2023 / 04:33 PM EDT
Updated: Aug 18, 2023 / 05:13 PM EDT
AUBURN, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Auburn Community Hospital is officially
bringing back its COVID-19 mask mandate after only a month since
announcing the end to the mandate.
This news comes following the new Eris COVID-19 variant that has been
spreading in the Central New York Community.
CDC COVID-19 data tracker
On August 17, Syracuse’s Upstate Hospital announced it’s also requiring
all staff, visitors, and patients in all clinical areas of the hospital
to wear masks.
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The new policy is effective Saturday, Aug. 19 with masking being
mandatory for all staff, visitors, and patients in all clinical areas of
Auburn Community Hospital, AMMS Local Physician Practices, and Finger
Lakes Center for Living.
Clinical areas of the hospital are locations where patients gather,
wait, travel through, or receive care. Although masking is not mandatory
in non-clinical areas, it’s strongly recommended.
The following policies will stay in effect until further notice.
ALL Employees and Visitors are required to wear a mask in areas where
patients can be encountered (all patient care areas, hallways, cafeteria
(when not eating)
Covid-19 Positive patients are restricted to one visitor who is required
to wear Full PPE.
It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure masks or face shields are worn
wherever patients may be encountered.
Those employees that have tested positive and are on Covid days 6-10 and
those with unrelated respiratory symptoms must still mask everywhere
Quality and Infection Prevention will continue to monitor Covid-19
Positivity for potential surges which may require ACH to adjust these
measures.
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