June 17, 2020 4:00 a.m. 

Mercy Medical Center has new guidelines for visitors and has set visiting hours now in effect.

The new policies include:

*Only one individual visitor per patient per day

*One support person is allowed for mothers in the Family Birthplace unit

*A maximum of two parents/guardians for children

*One caregiver or attendant of a patient needing assistance due to a disability

*Family member(s) of a patient undergoing end-of-life care, as approved by the nursing supervisor and/or unit director, not to exceed four.

*Children under age 12 are not permitted

*Visiting hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

No visitors will be allowed who:

*Refuse to comply fully with all infection control requirements

*Have active, suspected or presumptive COVID-19

*Have any of the symptoms being screened for at entry

 

Visitors must complete a screening at the patient and visitor entrance. To help ensure the safety and health of patients and caregivers, all visitors must:

*Enter and exit only through the designated patient and visitor entrance

*Use provided hand sanitizer, or wash hands with soap and water for twenty seconds before entering the facility

*Maintain physical distancing from others while in the facility

*Wear appropriate protective equipment

*Use of good respiratory etiquette

*Go directly from the entrance to the patient’s room

Contact Mercy Medical Center for more information.