Duke Health puts flu restrictions in place
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Duke Health puts flu restrictions in place
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In the past several weeks there has been a rise in the number of patients visiting Duke hospitals, clinics and emergency rooms due to the flu. It is easily and most often spread as a result of coughs, sneezes or simply talking.
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Safety and wellbeing is our highest priority
ContentAt Duke Health, the safety and wellbeing of our patients, visitors and staff is our highest priority. That is why we ’ve taken several important steps to help prevent the spread of the flu in our hospitals. For example, we require our staff and providers be vaccinated against the flu annually to ensure everyone’s safety during the flu season. While we realize the following temporary restrictions may result in some inconvenience to family members and other visitors, we appreciate your understanding and support.
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Please follow these restrictions now in place
ContentLimit visitors to two adults per patient at any one time. Limiting the number of visitors per patient will help control the spread of the illness.Children are not allowed on hospital visits. Since children are more likely to get sick and spread the flu, our staff will only allow children under 18 to visit patients in special cases -- or with prior approval from the patient ’s healthcare team.Clean your hands fr...
Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 at duke.edu Source Type: news
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