Dartmouth-Hitchcock Mask Recommendations

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health COVID-19 Video Update, April 6

Lebanon, NH - The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Friday, April 3^rd, that the public should wear cloth face coverings in public settings where social distancing is difficult to maintain. Following the CDC’s announcement, the New Hampshire Department of Public Health Services (DPHS) recommended that anyone entering a health care facility should be given a cloth mask, to reduce asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic transmission of COVID-19. Today, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH) announced that all employees, patients, and permitted visitors are now required to wear a mask upon entering any D-HH patient care facility. In today's video briefing, Antonia Altomare, DO, MPH, Hospital Epidemiologist and Infectious Disease Physician, discusses this new policy and highlights the different levels of masks. Watch the video brief here: https://youtu.be/8_-2iN7SJ34  

As this local and national situation continues to rapidly evolve, we remain committed to providing the latest information to our patients, employees, and the public. Please visit our website for the most up to date information.

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About Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH), New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves a population of 1.9 million across northern New England. D-HH provides access to more than 2400 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. DHMC was named in 2019 as the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized for high performance in 13 clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth-Hitchcock also includes the  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, one of only 51 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation; the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the state’s only children’s hospital; affiliated member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT, and Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and 24 Dartmouth-Hitchcock clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermont. The D-HH system trains nearly 400 residents and fellows annually, and performs world-class research, in partnership with the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT.

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