Updated: May 30, 2022
The following safety measures are in place:
Outdoor access
Patients are permitted to leave the building to access outdoor facility spaces.
The following safety measures and recommendations are in place for patients and clients who plan to leave the building:
- Use hand sanitize when leaving/re-entering units and exiting/re-entering the hospital.
- Stay on hospital grounds unless you have an approved day pass (for discharge planning and special circumstances in coordination with your care team), leave of absence or are attending a medical appointment.
- Limit the number of people you come into close contact with and wear a mask if physical distancing cannot be maintained.
- Re-enter through the main entrance and participate in screening before you’re allowed to go back onto your unit.
Reduced visiting
Patient may choose up to a maximum of three (3) individuals. This can include a combination of Designated Visitors and Designated Care Partners.
If visiting in the patient’s room, the number of visitors who can visit at a time is restricted to two (2) people, with the exception of approved visitors who are minors requiring accompaniment or extenuating circumstances approved by the care team. If visiting outdoors, the number of visitors who can visit at a time is three (3) people. If the number of visitors impacts the ability to maintain physical distancing, the care team may work with you and your visitors to schedule/adjust times to visit.
COVID-19 vaccination
Registered visitors may now include unvaccinated individuals; however they will be required to perform a rapid antigen test at the Main Entrance, and must test negative to enter.
New admission COVID-19 testing/quarantine period
All new admissions are swabbed for COVID-19. Patients admitted from the community will be tested upon arrival. Patients admitted from another healthcare facility will be tested within 48 hours prior to being transferred to our site.
All patients, regardless of vaccination status, will be placed under a quarantine period which could last up to eight days (some exceptions apply). The quarantine period allows staff to closely monitor patients/clients for any COVID-19 signs and symptoms, and help prevent the spread of the virus.
It is important to let your care team know if you develop any new or worsening symptoms.
During the quarantine period movement outside of your room will be limited and only designated care partners and essential visitors are permitted. Designated visitors are permitted once the quarantine period is over.
If you have any questions about your quarantine period please speak with a member of your care team.
Approved visitors
Designated visitors are individuals, including family and friends, chosen by the patient/client who visit for social purposes.
More details here: Guidelines for designated visitors
Designated care partners are individuals deemed necessary by the patient/client and clinical staff, and are part of the care plan. They provide support, including physical and emotional.
Visits are planned around the patient/client’s needs and are documented on the care plan. Designated care partners are granted 24 hour access and but must pass screening.
More details here: Guidelines for designated care partners
Essential Visitors are individuals who have a loved one who is critically ill or nearing end-of life.
They are granted 24 hour access and may enter as long as they not symptomatic, and aren’t subject to a federal quarantine due to travel.
More details here: Guidelines for essential visitors
General visitors are not permitted at this time.
All visitors are asked to complete the following pledge form.
To ensure the safety of everyone who enters our hospital, the following safety measures are in place:
- Registered visitors may include unvaccinated individuals; however they will be required to perform a rapid antigen test at the Main Entrance, and must test negative to enter.
- All visitors must pass screening.
- All visitors must wear a mask for the duration of their visit, including in patient/client rooms.
- Visitors are not permitted to eat or drink with their loved ones or while in a patient/client’s room.
COVID-19 safety measures
- The following safety measures are in place:
- All visitors must be screened at the main entrance and pass to enter the hospital. Visitors will be screened every time they enter the building, no matter what. See screening questions below.
- Visitors must sign in at the screening desk and provide their name, time of visit and a contact number.
- Use of face masks. Visitors will be given a hospital-grade face mask which must be worn for the duration of the visit. This includes inside patient rooms. Click here for more information about the proper use of face masks.
- Patients are no longer required to wear a mask when receiving direct care or when on their home unit, unless they are on additional precautions. Please note, patients/clients must continue to wear a mask when leaving the unit.
- Maintain physical distancing. All visitors must practice physical distancing, this includes during screening and while using elevators.
- Practice hand hygiene. All visitors are encouraged to perform hand hygiene every time they enter/exit the hospital and enter/exit your loved one’s unit and room.
Masks
Masks must be worn before entering the hospital.
All visitors and designated care partners are not permitted to wear fabric masks beyond the screening desk. If you arrive wearing a fabric mask, you will be given a procedure mask. Masks must be worn for the duration of the visit.
Individuals visiting a patient on additional precautions will be provided a contact/droplet mask to wear on the unit. Designated care partners who provide direct patient/client care must also wear a contact/droplet mask to wear.
Masks must be worn for the duration of your visit. This includes when you are inside your loved one’s room.
Patients are no longer required to wear a mask when receiving direct care or when on their home unit, unless they are on additional precautions. Please note, patients/clients must continue to wear a mask when leaving the unit.
Screening
All visitors, designated care partners and volunteers must answer the following questions before they are allowed to enter the building:
- Do you have any of the following symptoms:
- fever (temperature of ≥ 37.8oC)
- cough
- sore throat
- shortness of breath
- chills
- changes in your sense of taste/smell
- runny nose, sneezing or nasal congestion (not due to other underlying reasons like seasonal allergies or post-nasal drip)
- difficulty swallowing
- unexplained fatigue/malaise
- nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea
- Have you been tested for COVID-19 due to symptoms and are awaiting results? (asymptomatic/surveillance testing does not apply and is not a reason for exclusion)
- Have you tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 10 days?
- In the last 10 days, have you:
- had contact* with a suspected** or confirmed case of COVID-19?
- lived/worked in a facility in outbreak?
- Are you on federal quarantine due to travel?
*Contact: been advised by public health or your employer you have had contact with a
confirmed case, provided care, had similar close physical contact, or had lived with or otherwise had close, contact without appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including gown, gloves, mask and eye protection, with someone suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19.
**Asymptomatic or surveillance testing in one of your contacts does not apply.
