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Liberty Regional issues visitor restrictions due to flu
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Liberty Regional Medical Center is restricting visits to its hospital and nursing home due to the flu. Here's a copy and paste of a press release sent Thursday afternoon.

Due to the high number of flu cases in the area, Liberty Regional Medical is taking every precaution to protect  patients, nursing home residents, visitors and employees.  In doing so, the hospital is implementing visitor restrictions for the hospital as follows:

These symptoms may include the following:

Fever (100 degrees or more)CoughRunny noseSore throatMuscle, joint, or body achesHeadacheNausea, vomiting, or diarrhea

 

In addition, the hospital has implemented the following restrictions for its Coastal Manor Long Term Care facility:

 

Individuals under the age of 18 may not visit residents.Individuals that feel sick or have flu-like symptoms should not visit residents.

 

To help prevent the spread of the flu, we encourage the public to please wash your hands frequently or use hand sanitizer, cover your coughs and sneezes with a mask or tissue, and receive the flu vaccine.

 

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), vaccination of those who are high risk is especially important to decrease the risk of contracting the flu. Those considered high risk include young children, pregnant women, those with chronic health conditions like asthma, diabetes or heart and lung disease as well as those over the age of 65.  In addition, those who live with or care for the high risk should be vaccinated.

 

In addition, according to the CDC, everyone 6 months of age and older should receive a flu vaccine every year prior to the start of flu season.  However, if you have not yet received the vaccine, it is not too late. 

 

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