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Banner Health to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all staff by Nov. 1
BY DANNY SHAPIRO | JULY 20, 2021
UPDATED: JULY 20, 2021 AT 2:17 PM
PHOENIX Arizonas largest hospital system announced Tuesday that all employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1.
Banner Health President and CEO Peter Fine said the decision was made to reduce risk for our patients, their families, visitors and each other.
Safety is an absolute top priority and the COVID vaccine mandate reflects that commitment, Fine said in a press release. The vaccine data has fully supported the safety and efficacy to prevent disease and reduce its severity.
[link:https://ktar.com/story/4582064/banner-health-to-require-covid-19-vaccinations-for-all-staff-by-nov-1/?fbclid=IwAR2kHMg8yMo2W1jbdxR9pBUwWdoXMTTWKraGfM7Ak6Mje8rGU2nRARVw7V8|
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)StarryNite
(9,366 posts)Banner Health expands its COVID-19 employee vaccination program
To protect Banner patients and one another, employees will be required to be vaccinated by November 1
We care for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities and we owe it to them to take every measure possible to ensure the safest care environment, said Peter Fine, president and CEO for Banner Health, in a company-wide email on July 20.
we are taking this step to reduce risk for our patients, their families, visitors and each other. Safety is an absolute top priority and the COVID vaccine mandate reflects that commitment. The vaccine data has fully supported the safety and efficacy to prevent disease and reduce its severity. There is overwhelming evidence for us to act on behalf of the communities that rely on us to care for and protect them.
Banner Health is implementing this requirement for several reasons, including the rise of the Delta variant, the pending lift of the Emergency Use Authorization by the Food and Drug Administration, the need to protect its patients and workforce, and to prepare for the flu season. In addition, national data shows that 97 percent of hospitalizations and 99 percent of COVID-19 deaths are in the unvaccinated.
Headquartered in Arizona, Banner Health is one of the largest, secular nonprofit health care systems in the country. The system owns and operates 30 acute-care hospitals, Banner Health Network, Banner University Medicine, academic and employed physician groups, long-term care centers, outpatient surgery centers and an array of other services; including Banner Urgent Care, family clinics, home care and hospice services, pharmacies and a nursing registry. Banner Health is in six states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming. For more information, visit www.BannerHealth.com.
[link:https://www.bannerhealth.com/newsroom/press-releases/banner-health-expands-its-covid19-employee-vaccination-program|
Iggo
(47,489 posts)IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)malaise
(267,824 posts)IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)they totally are allowed to ask health providers for any employee's vaccination records and to require vaccination as a condition of continued employment.
The dumbest Americans are finding this out the hard way.
Anti-vax healthcare workers are a big liability risk for lawsuits if a cancer patient or something similar catches COVID from them while their immune system is weakened from treatment.
malaise
(267,824 posts)erronis
(14,955 posts)HIPPA vs HIPA vs HIPPO.
Seems like they would have added the correct spelling to their word processing (Word Perfect?) dictionaries and treated the warnings as something to pay attention to?
Then again, if you've been involved with the tedium of healthcare data entry, transcribing, etc., perhaps not.
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)there are so many acronyms in this field that a person who pays attention to detail would go into MS Office and edit the spellcheck dictionaries. It's way too easy to miss when in a crunch, or just lazy.
During the Iraq war years ago, a British intern at GCHQ spellchecked an American intelligence document using the British spelling dictionary and created all sorts of havoc.
Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)"Gentlemen, our M.P. saw the P.M. this A.M. and the P.M. wants more L.S.D. from the P.I.B. by tomorrow A.M. or P.M. at the latest. I told the P.M.'s P.P.S. that A.M. was N.B.G. so tomorrow P.M. it is for the P.M., nem. con. ...Give us a (cigarette) or I'll go spare."
Oh my god I had to look so much of that up.
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Announced? Did they take a vote? Do they need a fraudit audit?
catrose
(5,050 posts)ShazzieB
(15,958 posts)Every time I hear about a health care organization requiring its employees to get vaccinated, I want to stand up and cheer. I wish all of them would hurry up and get on the vaccination bandwagon. It's taking way too long.
I really wish ALL employers would start requiring this, but ESPECIALLY those in the care field.
Warpy
(110,913 posts)They are not allowed to endanger their patients. End of story.
Wild blueberry
(6,543 posts)I won't go to any health care facility if workers are not vaccinated.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)It seems like such a duh question. And there's so much peer pressure. But I don't give a shit.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Its a no-brainer, imo.
samplegirl
(11,415 posts)I cant believe my friend does dialysis around people with no masks!