I just noticed our facility swapped the door signage after the March update, but employee health is still emailing the old 5‑day return‑to‑work flowchart. Why do we do it that way, and what are you all following this week — 24 hours fever‑free or the longer timeline for staff?
We had the same mismatch last week; our workaround was asking @EmployeeHealth to email a one‑pager that says, “patient signage follows CDC March update; staff RTW remains the older flowchart until policy revision,” and we pinned that to the huddle board. In the meantime, I’m telling my team to default to the stricter staff timeline if there’s any doubt and document who cleared them. Has your @EmployeeHealth sent a dated policy yet?
Our quick fix was asking @EmployeeHealth to add a bold line in the RTW email: ‘patient signage follows CDC March update; staff RTW = 5 days unless IP/HR says otherwise.’ We’re using 24 hours fever‑free for patients but still the longer timeline for staff while the policy rewrite winds through HR. If your state regs are stricter, they trump the signage.