Masks are required on all Inpatient Clinical Units and in the Emergency Department at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

This masking requirement applies to all staff, professional staff, learners, volunteers and Essential Care Partners/Care Partners (ECPs/CPs):

• 1A Inpatient Units (1A Medicine and 1A Oncology) — ECPs/CPs are required to wear a minimum Level 3 procedure mask at all times.

• All other Inpatient Units — ECPs/CPs must wear a minimum Level 3 procedure mask when entering a patient’s room and whenever they are unable to maintain six feet of physical distancing standards within the unit. Masking is not required when outside a patient’s room unless you are unable to maintain a physical distance of six feet within a clinical setting.

• Emergency Department — All Patients and ECPs/CPs accompanying a patient must wear a minimum Level 3 procedure mask at all times.

Masks are available at all public entrances on the sanitizing stands.

Please make use of the hand sanitizer dispensers available throughout the Hospital.