Two years after restrictions went into place because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Allen Hospital has revised its visitor guidelines to allow more visitors for patients in the hospital, effective now. Significant updates include: No restriction on the number of visitors for medical and surgical inpatients, 4 visitors per day allowed in the ICU and NICU, 2 visitors per day allowed in ambulatory surgery and mental health, 2 visitors allowed to accompany emergency department patients and 1 visitor allowed for outpatient services; children may accompany parents
All visitors must be 12 years or older, be in good health and will be screened at the hospital entrance for exposure to COVID-19 and related symptoms. Visitors are required to wear a mask at all times while in the facility except for patient rooms in which a health care team member is not present and all other individuals are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Individual departments may have more specific guidelines based on the population of patients and isolation status.