The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre says its reinstating making requirements as it experiences impacts on inpatient units due to respiratory and influenza-like illnesses. Masks will be required on all inpatient clinical units and in the emergency department.
Masking will become the norm once again at the Thunder Bay Health Sciences Centre, a regional health hub in northwestern Ontario.
As a result, masking will be required on all inpatient clinical units and in the emergency department. The updated requirement applies to all staff, learners, volunteers and essential care partners and care partners, the hospital said. The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre rolled back masking requirements in May, but not it's reimplementing masking rules as of Sept. 26.The hospital spokesperson said they are continuously monitoring the need to expand masking requirements based on infection levels.
"We're going to pivot quickly depending on what's happening in the community. And we already know how to kick our plans into place if we need to. I mean, we had lots of practice during three years of COVID … we know what to do if we need to do it," said Ray Racette, president and CEO of Lake of the Woods District Hospital.
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