OHCA Events Safety Protocols

OHCA In-Person Events Safety Protocols

Updated 5/17/2023

To promote the health and safety of our event attendees, OHCA will be following the below protocols for in-person events until further notice. We will update these protocols as appropriate based on current recommended guidelines from federal, state, and local health authorities as well as the current COVID-19 community transmission levels.

Please check this page for updates and contact Melodie King at mking@ohca.com with any questions.

Please note, OHCA offers a wide variety of online education for individuals that are not able to attend events in-person: https://www.ohca.com/events/calendar/.

Event Expectations

For attendees: OHCA expects all in-person event attendees to review the below protocols prior to attending in-person events and to follow these guidelines during events.

For OHCA: OHCA will share these in-person event protocols with attendees prior to each in-person event including but not limited to sharing in event registration confirmation emails and event email reminders.

Acknowledgement

Despite OHCA’s reasonable precautions, attendees at in-person meetings/conferences acknowledge and understand that OHCA cannot eliminate the risk of COVID-19 and that there is a risk of contracting COVID-19 infection by attending in-person meetings/conferences. Attendees at in-person meetings/conferences further acknowledge and understand that OHCA cannot prevent and is not responsible for such risk of infection to any person who chooses to attend.

Vaccinations

OHCA strongly encourages event attendees to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. However, vaccines and boosters are not required.

If you are not yet vaccinated against COVID-19 and would like to be, please review options here.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)/Masks

Masks are encouraged but no longer required at OHCA in-person events.  However, this is subject to change based on updated venue, county, state and federal requirements as well as the COVID-19 community transmission levels.

Screening and Pre-event Requirements

OHCA asks that individuals with the follow symptoms stay home from in-person events.

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

Current Government Guidance on Large Event Gatherings