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OHA move follows
improvements
in respiratory
hospitalizations,
test positivity
Workers, patients and visi-
tors in health care settings will
no longer be required to wear
masks starting April 3, Oregon
Health Authority (OHA) an-
nounced today.
OHA is rescinding provisions
in Oregon Administrative Rule
(OAR) 333-019-1011 that require
workers in health care settings –
such as hospitals, mobile clinics,
ambulances, outpatient facilities,
dental offices, urgent care cen-
ters, counseling offices, school-
based health centers, comple-
mentary and alternative medicine
locations – to wear masks. The
requirement has been in effect
since August 2021.
In addition, Executive Or-
der 22-24 will expire on March
6, 2023. The emergency gave
hospitals needed flexibility to
respond to a surge in respi-
ratory infections, including
COVID-19, RSV and influenza.
The decision to end statewide
health care mask requirements
aligns with decisions in other
states, including Washington.
Dean
Sidelinger,
M.D.,
M.S.Ed., health officer and state
epidemiologist at OHA, said the
lifting of Oregon’s health care
mask requirement stems from
data in recent weeks showing
overall decreases in circulation
of the three respiratory patho-
gens that triggered a surge in
visits to hospital emergen-
cy departments and intensive
care units last fall. As of today,
COVID-19 test positivity is at
10% and is expected to continue
dropping; influenza test positiv-
ity is at 1.2%; and RSV test pos-
itivity is at 1.6% (antigen tests)
and 3.5% (molecular tests).
The month-long lead-up to
the ending of Oregon’s health
care mask requirement gives the
health care system, local pub-
lic health authorities and other
health partners time to prepare
for the change, including ad-
justing policies, training and
procedures that ensure contin-
ued patient safety and access.
It also gives members of the
public, particularly populations
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at increased risk of severe dis-
ease—communities of color,
tribal communities, rural com-
munities, lower-income com-
munities, those with underlying
medical conditions, seniors, and
parents of vulnerable infants – a
chance to plan health care visits
and protective measures.
People at higher risk for severe
disease, or who live with some-
one at higher risk, should still
consider wearing masks in health
care or any settings, to better pro-
tect themselves and those most
vulnerable around them. Some
health care settings may contin-
ue to require masks even after the
requirement is lifted.
Masks remain an effective
way to reduce transmission of re-
spiratory viruses. People are rec-
ommended to wear masks when
they are sick, and individuals
– particularly those with health
conditions that put them at high
risk for severe illness from a re-
spiratory virus exposure–should
continue to wear masks wherev-
er they feel comfortable.
In order to protect themselves
and their families and commu-
nities, people are strongly en-
couraged to stay up to date with
vaccinations and boosters.