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Respiratory Season Visitation Guidelines

General Guidelines

• No sick visitors of any age allowed.
• People are not allowed to visit if they have someone in their home with an active communicable disease like COVID, norovirus, or influenza.
• Visitors shouldn’t visit if they have any of the following and haven’t met the same criteria used to discontinue isolation and quarantine for patients:
  • A positive viral test for SARS-CoV-2
  • Symptoms of COVID-19
  • Had had close contact with someone with SARS-CoV-2 infection
• Children under the age of 12 cannot visit during respiratory season unless they are the sibling of a patient(see below for additional restrictions).
• Because of room size constraints, we do not have sleep accommodations for siblings in the patient rooms. Staff need to be able to adequately move around the patient rooms to assure patient safety.
• American Academy of Pediatrics Safe Sleep Practices are utilized in this hospital. This means we do not allow siblings under the age of one year to co-sleep with a parent on the parent sleep cot that is provided in all our medical and surgical patient rooms
• We encourage parents to make childcare arrangements prior to bedtime for siblings so that their sleeping routine is not interrupted late in the evening to take them home or to the care of a sitter. • If an extenuating circumstance arises with a patient’s condition, the nurse manager on the unit can be contacted to discuss options with the family.
• COVID+ patients: Will continue current COVID visitor restrictions.

Emergency Department

• All patients and visitors will be asked to wear a mask upon entering the Emergency Department.

Med/Surg (including RTU)

• Two visitors are allowed at the bedside at the same time – can switch out visitors as frequently as needed with a max of two at a time.
• Patients/families admitted with respiratory symptoms: Visitors will be asked to wear a mask in the patient’s room but may take them off to be with their child/patient when caregivers aren’t at the bedside.
• Patients staying overnight in the Rapid Treatment Unit require a caregiver to stay with them.

PICU/CICU

• Visitors will be asked to wear a mask in the ICU at all times
• Two visitors are allowed at the bedside at the same time - can switch out visitors as frequently as needed with a max of two at a time.
• No children under the age of 5 in the ICU at any time unless there are end of life situations
• No visitors other than parents/grandparents/guardian at nursing shift change
• Only one overnight visitor per patient (10PM – 6AM)

NBICU

• Two visitors are allowed at the bedside at the same time - can switch out visitors as frequently as needed with a max of two at a time.
• Visitors must wear a mask in the unit but may take them off to be with their child/patient when caregivers aren’t at the bedside.
• Only one overnight visitor per patient(10PM – 6AM)
• No children under 5 years old.
• Siblings, age 5-11, may visit if they’re up to date on all recommended childhood vaccines, including COVID

ICS

• Two visitors are allowed at the bedside at the same time - can switch out visitors as frequently as needed with a max of two at a time.
• Visitors will be asked to wear a mask but may take them off to be with their child/patient when caregivers aren’t at the bedside.