SAFETY FIRST:
VISITOR POLICY UPDATE November 2, 2021
To protect the health and safety of our patients and caregivers, the following visitor guidelines have been implemented.
Visitors to McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center will be asked to wear a face mask at all times, including in patient rooms, during their visit. Visitors will also be asked COVID screening questions upon entry to the facility.
Every effort will be made to accommodate the patient's expressed wishes regarding receiving/restricting visitors. Family and friends are permitted to visit at a time that is acceptable to the patient, providing that such visits do not interfere with diagnostic/therapeutic interventions and that such visitor(s) comply with the following general expectations:
- Visitors are expected to be respectful of the patient's need for rest and the comfort and privacy of other patients.
- Children under the age of 12 must be supervised by a responsible adult.
- All visitors should be free of obvious infectious or communicable disease.
- Visitors to patients in isolation are expected to comply with posted instructions regarding personal protective apparel.
- Hospital staff may request that a visitor leave at any time the patient's condition warrants such restrictions.
Progressive Care Unit/Critical Care Unit
- Visitors may be limited to two people at a time. Immediate family and/or significant others may visit after checking in with the patient's nurse.
- The appropriateness of visitation by children under the age of 12 will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the patient's condition.
- Nursing personnel are responsible for ensuring that the length of the visit is not detrimental to the patient's condition.
Women's Health & Birth Center
- Post-Partum patients and their visitors will be instructed in a one-minute hand washing procedure before handling the infant.
- At the nurse's discretion, a visitor may be asked to wear a cover gown.
- The patient's child(ren) may attend the birth if properly prepared and supervised by an adult other than the patient or the support person.
- Parents are encouraged to prepare children for the birth experience by enrolling them in a class or arranging for them to view a birth video prior to the experience.
- During delivery, visitors not attending the birth will be directed to the waiting room for their safety and the privacy of the patient.
- An attendant may only be present at a cesarean delivery when spinal anesthesia is used. Before entering the OR, attendant will don scrub clothes, shoe covers, cap and mask and complete a 2-minute scrub with a surgical scrub brush. The attendant will then be escorted to the OR and seated at the head of the table after the spinal has been given and the patient has been draped.
- At the discretion of the anesthesiologist and surgeon, additional attendant(s) may be allowed in the OR for photos or videotaping.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation with the visitor guidelines.