Changes to mask mandate to take effect Aug. 9
The type of mask required – N95 or medical grade procedural mask – will depend on the employee’s vaccination status.
Our community is experiencing an unprecedented surge of COVID positive cases. To help protect ourselves, our staff and our patients, USA Health will require ALL employees to wear an N95 mask beginning Aug. 9. Each employee will receive (2) N95 masks from their manager/director.
Exemptions will be granted for employees who can provide documentation demonstrating that they have been fully vaccinated. A person is considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine. Employees who have been fully vaccinated will be required to wear a medical grade procedural mask.
Employees will be responsible for providing their own proof of vaccination to their manager/director. Fully vaccinated employees will receive a USA Health vaccination badge buddy from their manager/director after providing proof of being fully vaccinated. This will serve as visual clearance to exempt you from the N95 mask requirement. Proof of vaccination includes a valid vaccination card completed by a healthcare provider or printed documentation from your medical record, which usually can be obtained through a patient portal.
If you were vaccinated by USA Health and no longer have proof of vaccination, please register for the Athena Patient Portal, and download your proof of documentation. Instructions on how to sign up for the portal are available, and instructions on how to access your vaccine records are at https://usahealth.mobi/vaccination-documentation.
If you have trouble registering for the portal or have other questions, please complete the form, and a representative will contact you. If you were vaccinated outside of USA Health and no longer have proof of vaccination, please contact the healthcare entity that provided your vaccination for documentation.
To make it as convenient as possible for employees to be vaccinated, we have increased the number of vaccination sites. Please see the list of locations, dates and times below for where you can get your vaccine shot.
Employees can receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Mobile Civic Center. Visit usahealthvaccines.com to make an appointment.
