Patients & Visitors
Current Visitor Guidelines
Open Visitation Effective June 1, 2021 (ages 18 & over)
During Inpatient Visitor Hours 8am – 7:30pm
To help protect our patients, providers, employees, and the community, the following general patient visitation guidelines are in effect per CDC guidelines:
- Full vaccination for visitors is always preferred, when possible.
- Visitors should be screened and restricted from visiting, regardless of their vaccination status, if they have: current SARS-CoV-2 infection; symptoms of COVID-19; or prolonged close contact (within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period) with someone with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the prior 14 days or have otherwise met criteria for quarantine.
- Visitors, regardless of their vaccination status, should wear a well-fitting cloth mask, facemask, or respirator (N95 or a respirator approved under standards used in other countries that are similar to NIOSH-approved N95 filtering face piece respirators) for source control.
- Hand hygiene should be performed by the patient/resident and the visitors before and after contact.
- Facilities might need to limit the number of visitors in the facility at one time in order to maintain recommended infection control precautions. Facilities might also need to limit the number of visitors per patient/resident at one time to maintain any required physical distancing.
- Per CDC guidelines, Isolation patients will be allowed 1 visitor who is acting as a care partner.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control-after-vaccination.html
(Updated April 27, 2021)
Labor & Delivery Patients:
• Moms are allowed two visitors during the labor & delivery process.
• Once Mom is transferred to Post Partum, two visitors are allowed until 7:30pm. Mom’s significant other (only one) may remain with Mom throughout the night.
Surgery Patients:
• Enter through ER entrance.
• One visitor is allowed with patient (two allowed with patients younger than 18 years) and may wait in the Surgery Waiting Room.
Cath Lab Patients:
• Enter through Main (Gaslight) entrance.
• Two visitors are allowed in with patient and may wait in the Cath Lab Holding Area.
Critical Care Patients:
• Two visitors at a time are allowed with patient.
ER Patients:
• One visitor is allowed with patient.
At Woodland Heights Medical Center, we understand that coming to the hospital as a patient or as a loved one's support person can be a difficult, often overwhelming experience. Whether you’re preparing for a hospital stay or stopping by to see friends and family, knowing where to go and what to bring will help make your visit less stressful. To make your experience easier, we want to provide you with helpful information you may need to plan your visit, such as what to expect, parking instructions, transportation and more.
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