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Hamilton Medical Center Implementing Plan to Safely Open Back Up, Allowing Limited Visitation

May 18, 2020

Beginning Monday, May 18, limited visitation (Español) will be allowed for Hamilton Medical Center patients who desire a visit and can safely receive a visit.

Sandy McKenzie
Sandy McKenzie

“Certainly, many people have delayed care during the last few months due to COVID-19,” said Sandy McKenzie, COO. “We know how important a support person can be, and not being able to have that person around likely has discouraged people in coming to the hospital. We have been monitoring the COVID activity in our community and are now ready to adjust our restrictions to allow limited visitation. We’re taking many extra steps to keep you and our associates safe.”

Hamilton is following CDC guidelines and has put many measures in place to help keep you safe. When patients arrive at HMC, they are greeted by a staff member who will take their temperature, screen for COVID-19 symptoms and provide hand sanitizer and a face mask if the patient doesn’t already have one.

Visitors must enter through the main entrance (accessible from Memorial Drive) and will be screened, including a temperature check and COVID-19 symptom and exposure screening.

Visitations will be limited to one support person, 18 or older, from 9 to 10 a.m., 12 to 1 p.m., or 5 to 6 p.m. The visiting hour cannot be split with other people. Once a person has checked in to visit a room, no one else will be allowed to enter until the next visiting hour.

Everyone who enters the hospital will need to wear a mask or face covering. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own mask or face covering as long as it is not soiled or dirty.

ScreeningHMC screening staff will provide a visitor’s badge that must be worn at all times during the visit. Visitors are not permitted in areas other than the designated room of the patient they are visiting, and only during the visiting hour.

Emergency Department, surgical and endoscopy patients may have one support person with them provided that they meet the visitation qualifications. Visitors in the Emergency Department must stay with the patient while in the department. The support person for surgical and endoscopy patients must wait in designated waiting areas or in their vehicle after coordinating with staff.

 

If an Emergency Department, surgical or endoscopy patient is admitted to a patient floor at HMC, the support person must exit and re-enter through the main entrance during one of the visiting hours.

 

Labor and delivery patients may have one support person (spouse, partner, doula, etc.) for the duration of delivery and postpartum care. The support person must wear a mask or face covering except when in the room alone with mother and baby.

“Though our processes and services look and feel different now, we’re committed to providing the safest and highest level of care,” said McKenzie. “We are here and ready to meet your healthcare needs.”


Safety Measures at Hamilton Medical Center

  • Screening for COVID-19 symptoms at the door
  • Separate care areas for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients
  • Proper personal protective equipment for staff members
  • Social distancing
  • Sanitizing stations throughout the facility
  • Xenex germ-zapping robots to disinfect 99.9 percent of dangerous contaminants
  • Staggered appointments to minimize the number of people in a given area
  • Face masks provided to all patients and staff members, regardless of symptoms

 


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Filed Under: COVID-19, Health & Wellness, News Tagged With: covid-19, patients, visitation, visitors

VISITATION RESTRICTIONS

March 16, 2020

Hamilton Medical Center Visitor Policy in Response to COVID-19

visitor restrictions for COVID-19 coronavirus at HamiltonBeginning Monday, March 16, Hamilton Medical Center will further limit visitors at all of its locations in order to protect patients, visitors, and Hamilton staff caring for your loved ones.

The new policy will be in place until the transmission of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is no longer perceived as a threat to patients, staff, and the community.

  • All visitors will be screened and no visitor will be allowed if they have symptoms of respiratory infection (fever, runny nose, cough, shortness of breath). Temperature will be checked to verify no fever.
  • Visitors who have traveled out of the country in affected areas, traveled in communities with widespread COVID-19, or have had a known exposure, will be restricted.
  • Children under age 17 will not be allowed except under extraordinary circumstances.
  • Visitors screened must wear the bracelet provided at screening at all times while on the hospital campus. Visitors must be rescreened each day.
  • Entrances other than the HMC Main Lobby, Emergency Department, and Burkett Lobby (Maternity/Labor & Delivery) will be locked or restricted to authorized staff only.
  • The HMC Main Lobby entrance will be open from 5:00am – 7:00pm, Monday – Friday and 7:00am – 7:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday. ED and Burkett will remain open 24/7.

As the conditions evolve and as the CDC, CMS, DPH, state and federal authorities recommend, visitor restrictions and precautions may change.

For your safety and the protection of our staff, NO visitors with:

  • Fever
  • Cough
  • Shortness of breath

OR those who have traveled (in the last 21 days) to:

  • China
  • Italy
  • South Korea
  • Iran
  • Other areas with known Covid-19 outbreaks

 

Visits limited to essential visitors age 17 and older (immediate family, partner, or significant other).

 

World Health Organization CDC Website GA Department of Public Health

Filed Under: Community, Health & Wellness, News, Public Notices Tagged With: coronavirus, covid-19, visitation, visitors

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