Masking Guidance
Following the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, UI Health will balance the health benefits and social impact of masking in the care space. We encourage masking as a preventative measure and will ensure masks are available to anyone who requests one.
Masking is:
- Optional in the following settings:
- Public spaces and corridors
- For routine clinical care
- Recommended in the following areas:
- Emergency Department
- Critical Care Units
- Settings or locations where patients are likely to be immunosuppressed
- If your patient is wearing a mask, consider asking them if they would like you to also wear a mask
- Required in the following scenarios:
- Transmission-based isolation
- Individuals with respiratory illness symptoms
- If a patient requests that their care team or others entering their room wear a mask
- Staff who return to work after testing positive for COVID-19 are required to wear a mask through day 10 from onset of illness
