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Protecting your health and safety

Our hospital is committed to protecting the health and safety of our patients, employees, providers, volunteers and visitors. We have robust safety and infection prevention protocols in place year-round to help ensure the well-being of everyone who enters our hospital, including the following:

  • Patients and visitors are screened for signs or symptoms of illness based on community transmission of viruses like influenza and COVID-19
  • Hand hygiene products are easily accessible throughout the facility.
  • Hospital-approved disinfectants (professional grade) are used to clean surfaces.
  • Personal protective equipment is available, including face masks.

Additionally, here are a few things you can do to help protect your health and the health of our community:

  • Wash your hands frequently.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
  • Stay up-to-date on recommended immunizations for your age group: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines
  • Practice physical distancing by staying 5 feet from others.
  • Wear a mask when in crowded areas.
  • Cover your mouth and nose with your elbow when coughing or sneezing.
  • Get tested if you have signs of the flu or COVID-19 and seek treatment.
  • Stay home from work, school or other activities if you feel unwell.

Managing COVID-19 and Flu

We continue to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and our local/state health department to ensure a safe environment for everyone. You can help slow the spread of coronavirus and influenza by practicing good health habits! Follow CDC guidelines to help protect yourself and your loved ones and help slow the spread of these and other common illnesses in our community.

Visitors are allowed as per our normal hospital guidelines. We continue to monitor the community’s health risk for various communicable diseases and may implement more restrictive measures as necessary to protect the health of our patients, staff, and visitors. For the health and safety of our patients, staff and other visitors, we ask that you do not enter the building if you meet any of the following criteria, unless you are seeking medical care:

  1. A recent positive test for COVID, another viral respiratory disease or other illness
  2. Close contact with someone with the COVID-19 infection or other known infections disease
  3. Symptoms of COVID-19 or other diseases, including:
  • Fever or chills
  • Cough
  • Shortness of breath
  • Fatigue
  • Muscle or body aches
  • Headache
  • New loss of taste or smell
  • Sore throat
  • Congestion or runny nose
  • Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea

Cover Your Cough

Help stop the spread of germs that make you and others sick.

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Put your used tissue in the waste basket.

You can also consider wearing a high-quality, well-fitting face mask.

You can also consider wearing a high-quality, well-fitting face mask. Masks are not mandatory, but are available upon request.

Wash hands often with soap and warm water for 20 seconds.

Wash hands often with soap and warm water for 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand run.

Masks are available upon request at the front desk or nurses' stations.

Updated 11/26/24