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Visitation at Adair County Memorial Hospital
Adair County Memorial Hospital
is requesting all hospital visitors to refrain from
visiting hospitalized friends or family members if they
have had flu-like symptoms during the past seven days.
Flu symptoms include:
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Fever*
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Cough
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Sore throat
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Body aches
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Headaches
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Chills
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Occasional diarrhea or vomiting
*It’s important to note that some people with flu will
not have a fever.
If you are visiting an ill patient, you may be required
to wear a mask. Masks are provided for your protection
as well as for that of those around you and help to
prevent the spread of flu-like illnesses.
In addition, to help prevent the spread of illness, all
visitors are required to wash hands with soap and water
or use alcohol-based hand gel upon entering and exiting
a patient’s room.
Additional information about seasonal and H1N1 influenza
is available by visiting the Iowa Department of Public
Health Web site at:
http://www.idph.state.ia.us.
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