COVID-19 screening: Visitors/support persons are directed to self-screen for COVID-19. Patients and clients are screened at registration.
Limited visitation: Visitation may be limited in areas of COVID-19 outbreak depending on the circumstances and severity. Please refer to the below summary and facility/ units/area restrictions.
Physical distancing: Whenever possible, please maintain physical distancing from others while in all Eastern Health facilities. Please also follow any signage for physical distancing in cafeterias and other common areas.
Hand hygiene: Wash hands regularly.
Masking
- Masking is no longer required for visitors/support persons, clients, and patients, pending they meet the self-screening requirements, in clinical areas in health-care facilities (including waiting areas for health-care services/appointments, clinical care/treatment areas, and while visiting patients and long-term care residents).
- If a facility experiences an outbreak, additional masking protocols may be implemented; visitors or support persons should check with the care team for the required personal protective equipment.
- Reminder: Individuals seeking or receiving health-care services who are symptomatic (i.e. experiencing any one or more symptoms of COVID-19 or respiratory symptoms) must always wear a mask upon entry and while inside the health-care facility. Visitors/support persons feeling unwell or sick should not visit patients/residents or accompany others to appointments.
- Masks continue to be available at health-care facilities across the province. Individuals who would like to continue wearing masks are encouraged to do so.
- Individuals can wear their medical mask, or a mask provided at the health-care facility.
- Visitors and support persons are also asked to consider the safety of those they are visiting. It can be especially important to wear a mask if you are around others who are at risk of more severe disease and outcomes, including those with chronic conditions, compromised immune systems, and older adults or young children
Masking requirements (April 1, 2024)
For information regarding updates to masking requirements at health-care
facilities, effective Monday, April 1, 2024, please see the PSA: NL Health Services Provides Update on Masking Requirements.
Self-screening for COVID-19/respiratory illness:
Visitors/support persons are directed to follow signage at health-care facilities and meet the self-screening requirements before proceeding inside the health-care facility. In addition, visitors/support persons can complete self-screening before arrival at the facility by visiting the webpages for their zones: Central, Eastern, Labrador-Grenfell and Western.
Facility/Unit/ Area Visitor Restrictions:
There is currently temporary limited visitation or visitor restrictions in place at the following sites/units/areas due to COVID-19. While temporary visitor restrictions are in place, each resident/patient on the impacted unit or facility is permitted to have one essential visitor, unless otherwise communicated by the care team. Palliative care and end-of-life visitation should be discussed with the health-care team.
- Labrador Health Centre – Inpatient Unit. For more information, please contact Megan White (709) 897-2296
- Labrador South Health Centre – Long-Term Care Unit. For more information, please contact Tiffany Mclean (709) 454-0376
- Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital – Inpatient Units (Level 1 and Level 2 of facility). For more information, please contact Nista Noel (709) 454-0324
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay Long-Term Care Home
- John M. Gray Centre
Resources
- Labrador-Grenfell Health COVID-19 restrictions/guidance
- Overall Guidance for Visiting Health Care Settings – GovNL
- NLife With COVID-19 – GovNL
- Public Service Announcements from Labrador-Grenfell Health
Back to Labrador-Grenfell Health COVID-19 Portal
- Masking is no longer required for visitors/support persons, clients, and patients, pending they meet the self-screening requirements, in clinical areas in health-care facilities (including waiting areas for health-care services/appointments, clinical care/treatment areas, and while visiting patients and long-term care residents).
- If a facility experiences an outbreak, additional masking protocols may be implemented; visitors or support persons should check with the care team for the required personal protective equipment.
- Reminder: Individuals seeking or receiving health-care services who are symptomatic (i.e. experiencing any one or more symptoms of COVID-19 or respiratory symptoms) must always wear a mask upon entry and while inside the health-care facility. Visitors/support persons feeling unwell or sick should not visit patients/residents or accompany others to appointments.
- Masks continue to be available at health-care facilities across the province. Individuals who would like to continue wearing masks are encouraged to do so.
- Individuals can wear their medical mask, or a mask provided at the health-care facility.
- Visitors and support persons are also asked to consider the safety of those they are visiting. It can be especially important to wear a mask if you are around others who are at risk of more severe disease and outcomes, including those with chronic conditions, compromised immune systems, and older adults or young children.