GREENVILLE, SC – Beginning Thursday, Feb. 5, Prisma Health will implement additional measures in its South Carolina hospitals to help protect patients in response to rising measles cases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, South Carolina has the nation’s largest measles outbreak.
These steps are part of Prisma Health’s ongoing commitment to patient safety. The new measures include:
Mandatory masking for patients and visitors in emergency departments: all adult patients and visitors will be required to mask until evaluated. Parents will be asked to mask children age two and older…