“All patients potentially impacted, to our knowledge, have been contacted by Public Health,” Samaritan Health said in a news release. “Samaritan is following all New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) guidelines and internal protocols in regard to this situation. As with any organization, we work with Public Health officials for contact tracing, as they are the responsible for this per NYSDOH guidelines, and are the only entity that can provide the legal authority to tell community members to quarantine.”
