[MCOH-EH] Covid Vaccination

[ping gao]

Our system has dropped COVID vaccine mandating. No requirement for now.

Flu vaccine - still mandating all employees to have, exempting for religious or medical reasons.  Those without flu vaccine require mask when face to face with patients .


Ping Gao, MD, MPH, FACOEM 
Medical Director
AnMed Occupational & Employee Health

Please excuse typo 

> On Oct 16, 2023, at 1:10 PM, Charles Hackett <dickenshackett at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Our system is reevaluating their approach to covid vaccination mandate. 
> The RIDOH is being vague about mandating being up to date and leaving it to each institution to determine want it wants to do. 
> Do you still mandate the covid vaccine to work within your institution?
> Do you mandate the influenza vaccine?
> If yes does it apply to all employees including remote employees?
> Do you require ppe if not vaccinated or just patient facing?
> Do you require ppe for all employees during peak respiratory illness season?
> As always
> Thank you
> Charlie
> Charles D Hackett, MD, MPH
> Medical Director, Employee and Occupational Health, Lifespan
> Chief Community and Family Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital
> Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Brown University
> 
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