Tag Archives: Face Coverings/Masks

Rift over when to use N95s puts health workers at risk again

CDC and workplace safety officials differ on infection control guidelines in health care settings. Three years after more than 3,600 health workers died of covid-19, occupational safety experts warn that those on the front lines may once again be at risk if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention takes its committee’s advice on infection […]
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Opinion | Report says U.S. federal government bungled covid pandemic response

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Washington Post story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. The pandemic, the experts say, revealed “a collective national incompetence in government.” Looking back at the U.S. […]
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Editorial: Mask requirements are gone, but they may come back

The spring of 2020 is not a time we want to go back to. Every Oregonian was compelled to make sacrifices during the pandemic. Schools shutting down. People huddling in their homes. Uncertainty. Masking. As of April 3, the Oregon Health Authority no longer has masking requirements for any settings. Health care facilities were among […]
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Oregon health systems change masking requirements after mask mandate for health care settings lifts – OPB’s Think Out Loud

The Oregon Health Authority announced last month that face masks would no longer be required in health care settings beginning April 3. The mandate had been in place for the last three years to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in hospitals, urgent cares and other medical facilities. The new guidance doesn’t prevent health care facilities […]
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Oregon health systems change masking requirements after mask mandate for health care settings lifts

We’ll hear about a southern Oregon health system’s decision to discontinue its mask requirements following the lift of a statewide mandate. Source: Oregon health systems change masking requirements after mask mandate for health care settings lifts

Income test for Oregon Health Plan to be reinstated as pandemic wanes

The official end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency will mean major changes this month, including public health care coverage, masking requirements and cutbacks in pandemic data collection. The Oregon Health Authority on Saturday began to winnow the ranks of the 1.5 million people covered by the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s version of federal low-income […]
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Oregon lifts remaining COVID-19 workplace safety rules, including mask requirements in health care settings

Oregon has lifted all its remaining COVID-19 workplaces safety rules, including a requirement that health care workers wear masks. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health division, known as Oregon OSHA, announced that its COVID-19 workplace safety rules and COVID-19 requirements for employer-provided labor housing would be rescinded Monday based on guidance from the Oregon Health […]
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Face mask mandate in Oregon health care settings ends

As of Monday, state mask mandates in health care settings is a thing of the past in Oregon and Washington. State health officials announced the impending changes about a month ago as a coordinated effort to end one of the most steadfast regulations of the pandemic. The decision came as state health officials noted influenza […]
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Face mask mandate in Oregon health care settings ends

April 3 marked the next post-pandemic phase as the states loosened mask mandates among doctors, patients and visitors. State mask mandates in health care settings are a thing of the past in Oregon and Washington. Both states lifted their mask requirements on April 3. State health officials announced the impending changes about a month ago as […]
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Hospitals prepare to make mask-wearing voluntary as Oregon lifts requirement

OHA said anyone who wants to continue to wear a mask can do so. After more than three years of mask requirements, the Oregon Health Authority has given hospitals around the state the green light to lift their policies starting Monday, April 3. On Monday, workers, patients and visitors in Oregon healthcare settings will no […]
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