Updated Visitor Policy for COVID-19 (03/11/2021)
Updated Visitor Policies
At MCMC, the health and safety of our patients and workforce is our top priority. In order to protect our patients and staff, MCMC is revising our hospital and clinic visitor policies while the threat of COVID-19 continues.
MCMC will continue to monitor the risk of COVID-19 closely and will make adjustments to visitor restrictions, as necessary. We appreciate the community’s partnership in helping us as we prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Approved visitors must:
- Be 16 years old or older
- Undergo screening, including temperature check
- Wear a face mask
- Wear other personal protective equipment, as needed.
- Limit the surfaces they touch and perform hand hygiene using hand gel or soap and water.
- Stay in the patient’s room for their visit
- Follow all requirements and directions provided by staff
- Asymptomatic
Approved visitors and visiting hours may include:
o Medical Decision Makers: One (1) medical decision maker or power of attorney for any patient unable to advocate for themselves, needs assistance providing their medical history or understanding medical information.
o Emergency Department: One (1) support person for patients who need assistance providing their medical history or understanding medical information, are non-communicative, are not able to care for themselves on their own, are receiving critical care, or for a pediatric patient.
Visitors should plan to stay with the patient and will not be allowed back into the facility if they leave.
o Inpatient Adult: One (1) designated support person per patient is allowed. Each visitor may visit once per day and should plan to stay in the room with the patient for the duration of their visit.
o Inpatient COVID19 Unit: No visitors are allowed.
o Inpatient Intensive/Critical Care: One (1) support person for patients in intensive or critical care units. This support person may only visit once per day and should plan to stay in the room with the patient for the duration of their visit.
o Labor and Delivery: Two (2) support persons per patient are allowed. Support person(s) will be identified as soon as possible following admission, and once identified, will remain the support person(s) throughout the patient’s stay. Support person(s) may only visit once per day and should plan to stay in the room with the patient for the duration of their visit.
o Inpatient Pediatric: Two (2) parents or legal guardians of a pediatric patient in the emergency department or admitted to the hospital.
o End of Life: Two (2) designated support persons per patient are allowed at a time. The support persons may only visit once per day and should plan to stay in the room with the patient for the duration of their visit
o Outpatient Surgery: One (1) support person for patients who need assistance providing their medical history or understanding medical information, are non-communicative, are not able to care for themselves on their own. During the procedure, the support person will need to wait outside the hospital. Drop-off and pick-up arrangements will be made to support the patient undergoing the procedure while restricting in-facility waiting.
Clinic Visitor Policy
To protect our patients and workforce all family members are prohibited from attending a clinic visit with a patient at this time. Adult visitors may be approved in certain situations. These adult visitors must undergo COVID19 screening and will be required to wear a face mask or other personal protective gear, as needed. Approved visitors may include:
o One parent or guardian of a pediatric patient
o One medical decision maker or power of attorney for any patient unable to advocate for themselves, needs assistance providing their medical history or understanding medical information.
o One primary caregiver for a patient who is unable to provide for themselves or who needs assistance walking
o Qualified interpreters
Waiting rooms are for patients and their designated support person only. Everyone will be required to adhere to social distancing requirements during the visit and anyone allowed in the exam room (except qualified interpreters) will be required to stay inside the room the entire visit.
All other family members, companions, or guardians not meeting these criteria will be asked to wait in their car or return at the end of the appointment time. Our clinic will ask for a cell phone number and will call when the patient is ready to leave.
