Temporary Masking Requirements in Place at Bassett Medical Center Effective January 4

Cooperstown, NY – Effective immediately, Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown has reinstituted temporary masking requirements per COVID-19 safety guidelines in place to protect patients and employees.

All patients, visitors, employees, students, and volunteers are now required to wear medical-grade masks across Bassett Medical Center’s facilities (including the main hospital and fieldstone building, Clinic building, Railroad Avenue, outpatient rehabilitation at Clark Sports Center, and in all administrative office buildings). While masking safety measures are in place, signs will alert building entrants. Masks will be available at all entrances.

Currently, Bassett Medical Center is the only hospital within Bassett Healthcare Network with mandatory masking procedures in place. Bassett Health Center Cobleskill also currently has temporary masking measures. Out of an abundance of caution to protect our patients, visitors, and employees, Bassett’s Infection Prevention team and other experts have established ongoing guidelines for our facilities to follow around masking. Currently, the number of COVID-19 cases confirmed among employees at Bassett Medical Center reached the threshold for temporarily requiring masking.

The facility-wide mandatory masking requirement at Bassett Medical Center will be reassessed in 14 days and lifted as soon as the number of active COVID-19 cases within the facility falls below the established threshold.

Bassett's experts continue to monitor community COVID-19 cases and trends daily. We would like to thank our patients and community members for helping each other stay safe and healthy.

About Bassett Healthcare Network

Bassett Healthcare Network is an integrated health system that provides care and services to people living in a 5,600 square mile region in central New York. The organization includes five corporately affiliated hospitals, over two dozen community-based health centers, more than 20 school-based health centers, two skilled nursing facilities, and other health partners in related fields. To learn more about services available throughout the Bassett Healthcare Network, visit www.bassett.org. Follow Bassett on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and LinkedIn. Bassett Healthcare Network is an equal opportunity provider and employer.