Several King County health care facilities to continue mask requirements
Some regional healthcare facilities across the Puget Sound region have committed, in a joint statement, to continue to require masking in acute and outpatient clinic settings in advance of the removal of the Secretary of Health mask order on April 3.
Masks will no longer be required in healthcare, long-term care, and correctional facilities in Washington state next week, the state's Department of Health (DOH) announced earlier this month. But in the joint statement, many of the region's major medical centers have committed to continuing the masking requirements.
UW Medicine supports the joint consensus statement and is one of the signatures among other healthcare institutions, which includes Public Health-Seattle & King County (Public Health) and six other public health districts.
“The commitment of healthcare and public health leaders to work together and collaborate on strategies and solutions to support patient care across the region has been the cornerstone of our health and medical response," Executive Director of Northwest Healthcare Response Network Onora Lien said in the statement. "The development of this consensus statement and recommitment among healthcare leaders to continue masking in healthcare facilities exemplifies the strength of our partnerships, the power of the ongoing collaboration across the region, and exemplifies the dedication to continuing to protect the health and safety of patients, staff and the most vulnerable in our communities.”
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