Question about protocols on drinking water in a covid infected unit.

Hey all. I work in a stand alone behavioral health unit that currently has a covid outbreak. We have to dawn full PPE (n95/gloves/mask) we do have a door to the nurses station. This is typically where we eat in non-covid times. However, in covid times we take off our gloves and sanitize and put on new ones, but since we have not fully decontaminated they want us to go through full decontamination (through a room we're we take off all PPE and then hand wash and the room leads outside were we eat by our cars) However, this week we were told we are not allowed to have Water bottles in the nurses station, as they consider that food for some reason. However, we work 10 hour shifts, out nurses station does not have running water, 1/3rd of our staff are out with covid, so we rarely get a single break outside of our lunch, meaning one water break a day and it's out food break. Does anyone know if this is a legal policy for management to place?

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