Some masking requirements now in place for hospital staff and visitors at Red Deer Regional
Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is one of seven care facilities across the province to implement new masking requirements.
The Use of Masks to Prevent Transmission of COVID-19 Directive is intended to help prevent transmission of COVID-19, Alberta Health Services notes in an October 16 bulletin on its website.
This means enhanced masking is now required for AHS staff, physicians, volunteers, contracted service providers, and Alberta Precision Laboratories workers in patient-facing areas.
Patients and visitors are not required to wear a mask in these areas, AHS says, however masking is required for patients, designated support persons and visitors in the emergency departments and labour and delivery assessment/triage areas in those identified sites.