COVID-19 Information
Masks no longer required in OMC buildings
Information accurate as of May 1, 2023.
OMC has been monitoring the level of community transmission. Based on the data available, we have adjusted masking requirements. Patients and staff are longer required to wear masks in patient care areas beginning Monday, May 1, 2023.
Patients may ask their rooming staff and clinician to wear masks during their visit. Patients and staff may also choose to continue masking based on personal preference.
Should the community transmission levels change and require masking again, we will communicate that with you.
To help reduce the transmission of COVID-19, we encourage patients to continue following the three Ws:
- wear a mask when in public places
- wash your hands
- watch your distance between people.
Learn about COVID-19 Variants on the CDC website.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/index.html
COVID-19 Vaccination Update
Information accurate as of November 24, 2021.
To ensure the safest environment possible for our patients and their family members, Olmsted Medical Center has followed through in implementing the first date in the COVID-19 vaccination policy for its employees.
The science supports this policy and action, and we believe this is the right thing to do for our patients as well as the people in the communities we serve, some of whom have a health condition that makes them more vulnerable to the virus or are not able to be vaccinated due to age.
This update provides accurate information and is important for our employees and volunteers, patients and families, and our community. Confidential personnel matters are not shared with the media or public as a matter of policy and practice. As of November 19, 93.26% of OMC employees are fully vaccinated, and 3.45% are partially vaccinated with anticipation of full vaccination by over 97% of our staff by December 17. To date, 99% of our clinical staff is vaccinated. We have a small number of staff currently on various leaves who will be expected to be fully vaccinated or qualify for a specific medical or religious exemption when they return to work.
As of November 19, both medical exemptions and religious exemptions were approved. All those approved will continue to be reviewed for appropriateness and compliance in the future.
While some employees and community members have contacted us about their concerns about the mandate, we have many more employees, patients, and community members who have reached out to us to express appreciation for our policy and our actions to do everything we can to fight the pandemic and provide the safest patient care environment possible. This is a time to understand our impact on others and take a strong position. Thank you for your input.
OMC acknowledges the challenges the last two years have brought to the healthcare arena. OMC’s mission and core values have served the OMC team well during this time. So many OMC employees are steadfast in their commitment to OMC, to their colleagues, and most importantly to our patients, and for that we are grateful.
Do you need a replacement COVID-19 Vaccine Card?
Information accurate as of September 30, 2022.
You have two options to obtain your COVID-19 Vaccine information. Replacement immunization cards are not available.
- Visit the Minnesota Department of Health’s website (https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/vaccine/lostcard.pdf). MDH provides instruction on how to obtain the information.
- If you have an OMC MyChart account, you can access your immunization record by clicking on “Menu” and selecting “Health Summary.” On the Health Summary page, select the “Immunizations” tab.
The information from the Minnesota Department of Health and OMC MyChart will be the exact same information about the COVID vaccine as was printed on the card.
Information is constantly changing for COVID-19 vaccines. Information will be posted to our COVID-19 Vaccine Information as it becomes available. Frequently Asked Questions about the COVID-19 vaccine can be found on our FAQ page.
