North Shore Hospitals Taking Extra Flu Precautions
Hospitals across the North Shore are changing their protocol to safeguard against spreading this year's dangerous strand of influenza.
If you've visited a North Shore hospital over the last few weeks, you've probably noticed a ramped up effort to keep visitors and patients from contracting a flu virus that is sweeping the country. At Salem's North Shore Medical Center, signs have been posted throughout the hospital requesting that visitors with flu-like symptoms wear medical masks and reminding everyone, including hospital staffers, to diligently wash their hands and avoid touching their faces. According to Associate Chief Nurse Anne Barrett, visitors to the hospital's OB and Special Care offices who are feeling under the weather are being asked to postpone their visits. Similar measures are being taken at Beverly Hospital, where a Chief Quality and Safety Officer said …
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