BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — Due to increased rates of community influenza and other respiratory illnesses, Prisma Health, which owns Blount Memorial Hospital, will be restricting anyone under the age of 15 from visiting hospitalized patients in its hospitals starting Tuesday, Dec. 30.
Prisma Health said that this temporary visitor restriction is needed to help protect patients and team members during this time of “higher-than-normal” flu infection rates.
“By taking this proactive step, we can help ensure our hospitals remain safe places for our patients to receive high-quality care,” Jacie Volkman, executive director of Prisma’s Department of Infection Prevention, said…