UPMC now recommending, not requiring masks at all facilities amid respiratory illness surge
UPMC is recommending, not requiring masks at its hospitals and outpatient facilities — which is a change from guidance issued earlier this week.
UPMC Reinstates Mask Mandates As Respiratory Illnesses Surge across US
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), one of the largest hospital systems in the United States, is reinstating mask mandates in response to rising cases of respiratory illnesses driven by multiple viruses.
UPMC announces mask mandate amid spike in flu cases
Banks and Kravec agree flu shots are still available this season. The UPMC mask mandate formally goes into effect on Wednesday.
UPMC will require masks for patients, visitors and employees
All UPMC health system facilities, including its hospital at 1500 Highlands Drive in Warwick Township, will require facemasks starting Wednesday due to a rise in cases of respiratory viruses.
UPMC to reimplement masking policy to help combat rise in respiratory illnesses
Officials with UPMC confirmed Monday that the healthcare system will once again be implementing its masking policy to help combat a recent rise in respiratory i
Mask Mandate Returns to UPMC Hamot as Respiratory Illness Surges
So far the other hospital systems in the area have not followed suit, but AHN Saint Vincent said they are seeing a spike in flu cases.
UPMC reinstates mandatory masking at all of its hospitals, doctors offices. What to know
The policy takes effect Wednesday and includes all UPMC facilities, including UPMC Hamot. "UPMC is seeing an increase in cases of respiratory viruses, including Covid, influenza and RSV," UPMC officials said in a statement.
Masks will be required this week at UPMC facilities
With a surge in sicknesses around the Pittsburgh region, UPMC is requiring masks be worn in all of its hospitals and outpatient areas beginning on Wednesday.
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