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Important Information About Flu Season

 

Suburban Hospital Visitor Information

 Visitor/Patients | Stop! Please help us limit the spread of the flu—

  • You MUST wear a mask if you are a patient and you have any symptoms of flu, runny nose, cough, and a fever more than 100°.

  • If you are a visitor and do not feel well, do not enter the hospital

Emergency Department | Stop! If you have typical flu symptoms, runny nose, cough, a fever more than 100°—

  • You must wear a mask in the Emergency Department.

  • Suburban Hospital will not routinely test you for the flu.

  • Suburban Hospital is not routinely giving patients anti-viral medications, such as Tamiflu®.

Click here for a list of Community Flu Shot Clinics Sponsored by Suburban Hospital.

Additional Links & Resources

Johns Hopkins Medicine:  www.hopkinsmedicine.org/flu

Centers for Disease Control and Preventionwww.cdc.gov

CDC Flu Information Sheet

Flu.Govwww.flu.gov

Montgomery County Marylandwww.montgomerycountymd.gov/h1n1flu

Flu Safety from Johns Hopkins Medicine