LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The statewide flu outbreak has become bad enough to prompt a central Kentucky hospital complex to place temporary restrictions on visiting patients, while health care workers brace for the coming weeks when influenza usually hits its peak.
Responding to a flu level considered widespread in the Bluegrass state, University of Kentucky health care officials said Monday that no one under age 18 would be allowed to visit patients at UK Hospital, Kentucky Children's Hospital and UK Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington.
Only two visitors will be allowed in a patient's room at one time, and visitors may be told to wear masks, gloves or gowns.
"We understand how important visitation is, but we also want to make sure that we are not introducing other infection … to the patient as well, and to our health-care workers," said Kim Blanton, UK HealthCare interim director for infection prevention and control.
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