Newberry Hospital Updates Visitation Policy
As of Wednesday, February 10, 2021, Newberry Hospital is implementing a new limited visitation policy. We appreciate your understanding as we as healthcare providers continue to work through this difficult time. Our primary goal is to keep our patients, visitors and staff safe, while providing the best experience possible.
We are moving ahead with visitation cautiously and please understand that if positive cases and confirmed deaths increase we may have to revisit our processes once again.
The following are our latest guidelines:
- No visitors under the age of 18
- Visitors will enter through the front door
- Visitors will be screened and required to wear a mask the entire visit
- Visitors will be issued a sticker or wrist band to identify that the screening was completed
- Visitors will not be allowed to trade out with other family/friends
- Visitors will not be allowed if it is suspected that they have or are currently ill with COVID-19
Outpatient Visitors:
- Surgery patients will be allowed 1 visitor
- The visitors will have to stay in the bay assigned to the patient until the patient is discharged
- ED patients will be allowed 1 visitor
- The visitor will have to stay in the room assigned to the patient until the patient is discharged
- Outpatient radiology and lab patients will only be allowed a visitor if medically necessary
- Oncology patients will not be allowed to have a visitor
- Visiting physician suite patients will be allowed a visitor if medically necessary
Inpatient Visitors:
- Inpatients will be allowed 1 visitor from 9 am-noon, seven days a week
- Pediatric patients may have one family member stay with them while an inpatient
- Surgical patients that are being admitted will be allowed to have one visitor that will remain in the patient’s room until patient arrives and the visitor will be allowed to stay for approximately 1 hour after surgery and then will be required to leave
- ED patients or direct admit patients will be allowed 1 visitor to assist patient and staff with the admission process and the visitor will be allowed to stay approximately one hour
- ED visitors will be screened in the ED prior to going upstairs
- OB patients may have one family/support visitor throughout their entire stay
As of Wednesday, February 10, 2021, Newberry Hospital is implementing a new limited visitation policy. We appreciate your understanding as we as healthcare providers continue to work through this difficult time. Our primary goal is to keep our patients, visitors and staff safe, while providing the best experience possible.
We are moving ahead with visitation cautiously and please understand that if positive cases and confirmed deaths increase we may have to revisit our processes once again.
The following are our latest guidelines:
- No visitors under the age of 18
- Visitors will enter through the front door
- Visitors will be screened and required to wear a mask the entire visit
- Visitors will be issued a sticker or wrist band to identify that the screening was completed
- Visitors will not be allowed to trade out with other family/friends
- Visitors will not be allowed if it is suspected that they have or are currently ill with COVID-19
Outpatient Visitors:
- Surgery patients will be allowed 1 visitor
- The visitors will have to stay in the bay assigned to the patient until the patient is discharged
- ED patients will be allowed 1 visitor
- The visitor will have to stay in the room assigned to the patient until the patient is discharged
- Outpatient radiology and lab patients will only be allowed a visitor if medically necessary
- Oncology patients will not be allowed to have a visitor
- Visiting physician suite patients will be allowed a visitor if medically necessary
Inpatient Visitors:
- Inpatients will be allowed 1 visitor from 9 am-noon, seven days a week
- Pediatric patients may have one family member stay with them while an inpatient
- Surgical patients that are being admitted will be allowed to have one visitor that will remain in the patient’s room until patient arrives and the visitor will be allowed to stay for approximately 1 hour after surgery and then will be required to leave
- ED patients or direct admit patients will be allowed 1 visitor to assist patient and staff with the admission process and the visitor will be allowed to stay approximately one hour
- ED visitors will be screened in the ED prior to going upstairs
- OB patients may have one family/support visitor throughout their entire stay
