These measures will be followed up within two weeks
The Vega Baja de Orihuela Hospital reinforces sanitary measures against Covid-19 to reduce the transmission of the disease, the figure having risen from an average of five or six patients to thirty. Among the measures, the mandatory universal use of masks and the restriction of the number of companions stand out.
The Covid Monitoring Commission issues in its statement to the staff of the Orihuela Health Department that in the face of a “significant increase in patients admitted with a diagnosis of Covid-19, the number having risen from an average of five or six patients, to around thirty, A series of temporary reinforcement measures are proposed to those currently in force”.
In the first place, the control at the entrance of the hospital of people who access the hospitalization floors will be reinforced and in order to reduce the risk of transmission due to the transfer of visits, the presence of one companion per patient will be allowed.
Although the use of masks is not mandatory, secondly, the statement highlights that the universal use of masks will be specifically reinforced for all professionals, patients and companions, in all hospital wards, recommending their use with the highest level of rigor. possible.
Thirdly, a monitoring and evaluation of these measures will be carried out within two weeks, or sooner, if the epidemiological situation so advises.