Thank you for your understanding and your assistance to keep everyone safe! Effective at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2020, visitor restrictions will be strengthened to protect our patients and further prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Outpatient/Ambulatory/Emergency Department
For a patient coming for an emergency department visit, outpatient surgery, procedure, or office visit: limit (1) visitor/support person in the building.
- No visitors under the age of 18
- Exceptions:
- “End of life” situations
- Minor patients (<18 years old) may have two visitors but this is limited to only parents or guardians.
- Patients who require assistance due to mobility, reorienting/confusion (patient safety), interpretation, court ordered, or healthcare decision making may have one (1) additional assistance person.
- No visitors for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases (unless above criteria met)
Hospitals
For hospitalized patients:
- Visitors are no longer allowed
- Exceptions:
- Maternity patients may have two (2) support people.
- One (1) person allowed to accompany a patient having major surgery on day of surgery and one day after surgery
- “End of life” situations
- Minor patients (<18 years old) may have two visitors but this is limited to only parents or guardians.
- Patients who require assistance due to mobility, reorienting/confusion (Patient Safety), interpretation, court ordered, or healthcare decision making may have one (1) additional assistance person.
- No visitors for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases (unless above criteria met)
Visitor Screening
- All visitors to hospitals will be screened for symptoms, exposure, or travel history.
- Visitor screening is also being done at selected community ambulatory facilities.
- Visitors will be asked to leave the facility if they have had symptoms in the past 24 hours or exposures in the last 14 days.
- If the visitor is a driver for a patient, they will be asked to wait in their car until the patient’s appointment is completed.
- Visitors must wash their hands, or use hand sanitizer, before and after leaving rooms and hospital buildings.
THE ABOVE COVID-19 VISITOR RESTRICTIONS ARE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.