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Mask Mandate
WEST CAMPUS
While masking is not required on West Campus (except at the Student Health and Counseling Center), the CDC's mask guidelines state that individuals may "wear a mask based on your personal preference, informed by your personal level of risk."
LONG ISLAND STATE VETERANS HOME
The Long Island State Veterans Home will continue to require that all employees, volunteers, students and visitors wear
a surgical mask when in a resident or registrant care area.
STONY BROOK MEDICINE
SBM will continue to require surgical masks (tie or ear loop) for ALL healthcare workers while actively engaged in direct, face-to-face patient care at each of our four hospitals, as well as our two cancer centers (Stony Brook Cancer Center and the Phillips Family Cancer Center).
- Wearing masks is encouraged, but not required, for healthcare workers and staff in all other areas of SBM, including our various ambulatory sites.
- Masks will continue to be mandatory for healthcare workers and staff in all operating rooms and procedural areas throughout SBM.
- Patients, visitors and nonclinical staff within all areas of our health system will
be encouraged but not required to wear masks.