It includes the checking of face masks to ensure they are being worn correctly.

Mr McLachlan says he will take "some extra steps" if people use other entry points and do not wear masks.

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Staff, patients and visitors at Dubbo Hospital, its contemporaries at Orange and Bathurst, and multi-purpose services in the health district have been directed to wear masks as a means of increasing infection control.

Last week Mr McLachlan told of staff being at the "front door of all our facilities".

He said they were taking the temperatures of staff, patients and visitors, asking where they had been and "making sure if they have been in a hotspot we can..immediately take steps to provide care if we need to".

"We have signage, we have handwashing stations and advice for patients and visitors ..to please wear a mask," the chief executive said.

Mr McLachlan said the number of entry points to facilities in the health district had "wherever possible" been minimised.

"We've obviously got some larger hospitals, like Dubbo, Orange and Bathurst, that do have a couple of entry points," he said.

"We will take some extra steps if there is risk of anyone coming into our facilities without a mask and not being temperature tested."

The health district is asking visitors to obtain their own masks but currently will provide them to people who turn up empty-handed.

"If visitors have underlying health issues that they believe might prevent them from wearing a mask, they should contact their local health service before they visit to get advice," a health district spokesman said.

He said the masks were not a substitute for other precautions.

"The best ways to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 remain staying home when sick, practising physical distancing and washing your hands," the spokesman said.