Current Restrictions at Jones Memorial Hospital
Visitation Policy
Current Restrictions at Jones Memorial Hospital
Effective Monday, February 15, 2021
Med/Surg & ICU
- Patients admitted to Med/Surg or ICU will be able to identify two (2) visitors per hospital stay.
- Only one (1) identified visitor will be allowed to visit the patient per day.
- The duration of each visit cannot exceed more than 2 hours (1 hour for ICU).
- Visits must occur continuously and cannot be spread out over the day.
- Visitation hours are between 3:00 p.m and 7:00 p.m. each day.
- If a support person is deemed essential to the care of the patient, the visitor(s) will become the support person(s).
Maternity (OB)
- Patient may designate one (1) support person during labor, delivery, and immediate postpartum period, including recovery until discharged.
- A doula is considered part of the care team, and may be present in addition to one (1) support person.
- Support persons are permitted to leave the hospital and return, however they MUST adhere to masking while off hospital grounds.
- Support persons are not permitted to wonder the halls.
- No visitors are allowed at this time.
Emergency Room
- Visitor policy remains unchanged; no visitors at this time.
Ambulatory Surgery Unit
- Visitor policy remains unchanged; no visitors at this time.
Medical Practices, Laboratory, PT/Rehab, Imaging
- Visitor policy remains unchanged; no visitors at this time.
Oncology/Infusion
- Visitor policy remains unchanged; no visitors at this time.
Special Considerations
Pediatric Patients
- Only one (1) parent/guardian at the bedside.
- Parent/guardian may rotate out, but only one (1) may be at the bedside at any given time.
- A max of two (2) parents/guardians identified per visit.
End of Life/Comfort Care
- Max of two (2) people (visitors/support persons) allowed at the bedside at any given time.
- People (visitors/support persons) may rotate out.
Support Person
- A support person may be designated for some hospital patients as determined by the medical care team.
- Support persons are often appropriate for patients at the end of life, with cognitive impairment such as dementia or delirium, or with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
- Two (2) support persons may be designated per hospital stay with only one (1) at a time at the bedside.
- If it is deemed necessary for the patient to have a support person, the named visitor(s) become the support person(s).
Visitor/Support Persons Qualifications
- MUST NOT be COVID-19+ or a person being evaluated for COVID-19 (in the last 10 days) or be under quarantine (in the last 14 days).
- MUST adhere to all hospital and DOH policies.
- MUST be screened and have their temperature taken prior to entry.
- MUST wear a facemask approved by the hospital.
- MUST wear additional PPE when deemed necessary.
- MUST be 18 years or older.
JMH cafeteria remains closed to the public until further notice.
*All hospital services and practices remain open and fully capable of caring for our community’s needs.