Bryan Health officials say with declining COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, they are returning to pre-pandemic visitor guidelines in many areas as of March 1. Surgical masks will continue to be required for adults and children age two and over.
VISITORS:
- Open to all persons who properly wear a surgical mask
- Patients, visitors, vendors, tenants and service personnel continue to use public entrances where surgical masks will be distributed to anyone without
- Discontinue the two visitors per patient, per day limitation
- Discontinue the one community clergy per patient, per day
- Discontinue the two-visitor limit for physician office tenants
- Resume emergency department visitor policy of two visitors per patient
- Labor & Delivery and Post-Partum patients – visitors can be a significant other or one designated support person, grandparents and newborn siblings; siblings may visit, but cannot stay overnight
- Valet service at Bryan East Campus will resume on Monday, March 7 between 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday
FOR PATIENT SAFETY, SOME RESTRICTIONS WILL CONTINUE:
- COVID-19: visitors will not be allowed for an individual who has a pending COVID-19 test or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis
- NICU: parents and guardians only
- Pediatrics: four adult visitors per patient, per day; this also applies to adult patients on the pediatric unit
- Mental Health: continue visitation hours as follows:
- Youth patients: noon-12:30 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.
- Adult patients: 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
Bryan Health says OSHA requires masks/face coverings be worn by all people in public areas of health care facilities, including patients and visitor, providers, employees, students and volunteers, vendors, tenants and any contracted service personnel