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Alert - Help prevent the spread of COVID-19

Masking is no longer universally required in the following locations:

Acute inpatient medical/surgical units
Acute inpatient mental health units
Intensive care units with closed rooms
Clinical areas where aerosol generating procedures are performed
Laboratories collecting or handling specimens from known or suspected COVID-19 patients (e.g., areas where staff are manipulating cultures from known or suspected COVID-19 patients)
Congregate settings and bedded residential settings (e.g., blind rehab, residential mental health, homeless shelters)
Outpatient areas where a significant proportion of patients have high-risk for complication
Common areas and hallways

Masking continues to be required for staff, Veterans, and visitors while in the high-risk areas listed below, including waiting areas:  

Dialysis  
Chemotherapy units  
ED & urgent care  
SCI and CLC (staff and visitors only)

Masking also continues to be required:

for those with a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection or other viral respiratory infection;
for VA staff during clinical encounters when requested by a Veteran, caregiver or family member; or
where local leadership warrants continued masking is required.

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Operating status

VA Sierra Nevada health care facility operating statuses and emergency information.

Facility operating statuses
Emergency resources

Facility operating statuses

Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center: Normal services and hours
Capitol Hill VA Clinic: Normal services and hours
Carson Valley VA Clinic: Normal services and hours
Diamond View VA Clinic: Normal services and hours
Kietzke VA Clinic: Normal services and hours
Lahontan Valley VA Clinic: Normal services and hours
North Reno VA Clinic: Normal services and hours
Reno East VA Clinic: Normal services and hours
Virginia Street VA Clinic: Normal services and hours
Winnemucca VA Clinic: Normal services and hours

Emergency information

Patient resources

Emergency: 911

Veterans Crisis Line: 800-273-8255 (Press 1)

24-hour nurse: 775-786-7200

Change your appointment: 775-786-7200

National Veterans Helpline: 800-507-4571

Patient locator: 775-786-7200 or 888-838-6256

Pharmacy refill: 775-334-4117

Telephone care: 775-328-1453