Over the last four weeks, Dec. 24 to Jan. 20, Salem Health has seen over four hundred cases of the flu. While slightly lower than the 2017 flu season, this is the season's peak, and the health care system has implemented visitor restrictions to help protect patients and the community.
The health care system has instituted the following guidelines for visitors:
* No visitors under the age of 12 at any time.
* Visit the hospital only if you need to give support or care for a patient.
* Do NOT visit if you are sick or have been in contact with someone who is/was sick -- even if you are not ill now. You can spread the flu virus several days before you have symptoms or know you are sick.
* Wash your hands.
* Cover your cough and use a mask if you have a cough or flu-like symptoms.
* Limit traveling around our campus as much as possible.
Additionally, Salem Health urges visitors to use the supplied tissues, masks and hand hygiene supplies (like alcohol-based hand foam) available at hand hygiene stations around campus.
Salem Health offers exceptional care to people in and around Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley. It comprises hospitals in Salem and Dallas, a medical group of primary and specialty care providers, plus other affiliated services. Visit us at www.salemhealth.org; "Like" us on www.facebook.com/salemhealth; follow us on Twitter: @salemhealth; and view us at www.youtube.com/salemhealth.
Contact Info:
For more information: Salem Health media relations, available 24/7 at 971-718-3157.
January 23, 2018
