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Masking Policy

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Updates to Masking Guidance:

Masking is required in patient care areas. Mask requirements are subject to change depending on respiratory virus activity levels.

The areas that will require masks are:

  • 1NW Pediatrics
  • 1NWDH Pediatric Day Hospital
  • 1SW Pediatric Behavioral Health
  • 1 SW Recreation Therapy Room
  • 1SE Alcohol and Addictions
  • 1H PEDS Clinic
  • Rehabilitation Medicine Department 1NE
  • Phlebotomy/EKG (first floor)
  • 1H Alcohol Clinic
  • Admissions (first floor)
  • DTM-Blood Bank/Dowling Clinic (first floor)
  • Social Work (second floor)
  • 3NW Immunotherapy, Medical and Surgical Oncology (+Photography)
  • 3NE Hematology, Oncology Transplant
  • 3SE Medical Oncology
  • 3SEDH Oncology Day Hospital
  • 3SWS ICU Critical Care
  • 3SWN Procedure Services
  • 5NW General Medicine
  • 5SW Metabolic Program
  • 5SW Medical Surgical Day Hospital (+Dialysis)
  • 5SEN Special Clinical Studies Unit
  • 5SES Medical/Telemetry/Surgical Services
  • 5NES Vaccine Evaluation Center
  • 5NE Diagnostic Testing
  • 5NE Vaccine Clinic
  • 7SW Inpatient
  • 7SE Adult Behavioral Health
  • 7SW Neurosciences and Sleep Lab
  • 7SW Metabolic Unit
  • OP1 Dental Clinic
  • OP 3 Oncology and Oral Surgery Clinics
  • OP4 Behavioral Health Clinic
  • OP5 Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and Neurology Clinics
  • OP6/OMS
  • OP7 Cardiology, Hematology and Oncology Clinic
  • OP8 Infectious Diseases Clinic
  • OP9 Medical Surgical Specialties Clinic
  • OP10 Ophthalmology Clinic
  • OP11 Allergies and Infectious Disease and Genetic Eye Disease Clinic
  • OP12 Medical Oncology Clinic
  • OP13 Dermatology and Medical Oncology Clinics Research
  • RADIS/IR – Radiology/Interventional Radiology
  • PET (Positron Emission Tomography)
  • OR waiting room/OR/PACU
  • NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ) in B1 and B3
  • Radiology Oncology
  • NCI MIL

Additional information is available for NIH staff.

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