Certain visitors, including young children and people presenting symptoms of a respiratory illness, will soon be restricted from visiting patients at area hospitals due to the uptick in influenza in the area.
During influenza season, all hospitals that are part of the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association (GDAHA) make every effort to protect their patients from flu and other infectious diseases, GDAHA’s influenza season visitor restriction policy says.
GDAHA hospitals will be implementing that policy starting Friday, said Sarah Hackenbracht, GDAHA’s president and CEO…