![]() ![]() ![]() 29th Annual Meeting - The Business & Operations of ASCs.8th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference.20th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference.Clinical Leadership & Infection Control.For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit or call 85. A parent or guardian must accompany a person under age 18 to give consent.Īppointments are required for the vaccination. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use in children ages 12 and older.Īnyone - including people who are not Ascension patients - who is 12 or older can receive the vaccination. The Pfizer vaccine is the only vaccine approved by the U.S. Hospitalizations double: Escambia County COVID-19 hospitalizations, new cases nearly double in a week In addition to the new vaccine policy, Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart also announced Wednesday that it will now offer the Pfizer vaccine to pediatric patients at its Pediatric Care Center in Gulf Breeze, as well as in Panama City. Ascension to offer Pfizer vaccine to patients 12 and older in Gulf Breeze, Panama City On Wednesday, there were 131 COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Ascension, Baptist and West Florida hospitals, up by 18 from the previous day, according to the COVID-19 dashboards maintained by Escambia County and the city of Pensacola.īoth trackers were re-activated Tuesday after pausing earlier this summer when hospitalizations dropped consistently below 50.Įscambia County saw 765 new COVID-19 cases last week, and Santa Rosa County saw 437. That represents a 95% and 105% increase, respectively, from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The email states that Ascension is "sensitive" to the fact that some staff members have not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine based on personal concerns and plans to begin engaging in conversations to help "overcome hesitancy."Īscension's policy change comes as COVID-19 hospitalizations and new cases in Escambia County have started to rise. 16 and will be reviewed by members of Associate and Occupational Health, Human Resources and Mission Integration divisions, according to an email sent Tuesday evening to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola medical staff members and advanced clinicians from President Dawn Rudolph and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Baptist Hospital, West Florida Hospital and the Santa Rosa Medical Center do not currently require their physicians or employees to be vaccinated against the virus.Īccording to Ascension, exceptions might be made for employees who have medical conditions or strongly held religious beliefs. Ascension Sacred Heart spokesman Mike Burke declined to comment beyond what was in the news release.Īscension Medical Group Sacred Heart is the first major hospital in the Pensacola area to require all of its employees to be vaccinated. It was not clear Wednesday how many Ascension Sacred Heart employees have been vaccinated and how the health care system plans to enforce the new vaccination policy. "Ascension conducted a thorough moral and ethical analysis as part of the decision-making process." ![]() "Like many health systems across the country, including in many of our markets, we are moving to require our associates to be vaccinated against COVID-19," the release states. The timing aligns with Ascension's annual influenza vaccination requirement and will follow a similar implementation process. The deadline for employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine will be Nov. More: New Santa Rosa schools COVID rules nix quarantine for asymptomatic students exposed to virus More: Ascension Sacred Heart to add 60 new COVID-19 rapid testing machines across Northwest Florida It also includes any staff members employed by Ascension subsidiaries and partners, as well as both employed and independent physicians and advanced practice providers, and volunteers and vendors who enter Ascension facilities. The new mandate - which comes amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties - will apply to employees who both work on site at an Ascension facility and those who work remotely, as well as those who provide both direct and indirect patient care. Watch Video: Delta variant of COVID-19 facts, the highly contagious virusĪscension Sacred Heart Hospital announced Tuesday that it will now require all of its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 after the health care system underwent a "thorough moral and ethical analysis," according to a news release. ![]()
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