Several hospitals and health-care centres in southwestern Ontario are relaxing masking requirements for staff, patients, and visitors to their facilities, saying that the change is in compliance with Public Health Ontario’s guidance.
An April 13 statement issued by Windsor Regional Hospital said it, along with Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and the Erie Shores HealthCare, are modifying mandatory masking policies as of April 17.
Employees, staff, and volunteers will only be required to wear masks when they are within 2 metres of any patient, unless there is a physical barrier present. Exceptions will apply when patients are under additional precautions or a unit is in an active outbreak….