Amid growing coronavirus cases, hospitals have shared goal: prevent the spread within their walls.
At Northwell Health, New York's largest health care provider, there is a new procedure for how to greet patients who walk in:"Ask and mask everyone," said Dr. John D'Angelo, senior vice president of emergency medicine for the health network.
"If they're coughing and sneezing, getting a mask on them reduces the likelihood of them spreading it to others dramatically," D'Angelo said."The risk is usually much higher with close contact for more than five or six minutes. Walking past someone quickly on your way to the back room is unlikely to spread it to anyone."
At the University of Utah Health system, travel restrictions for staff and limits on visitors to the hospital are going to be unveiled soon, said Wilets, the spokeswoman. Even the health system's CEO, Dr. Michael Good, has started telling everyone to"fist-bump and elbow-bump instead of shaking hands right now" to stop the spread of germs, she added.
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