REMINDER! All Shore Regional Health hospitals are still under visitor restrictions for influenza, which include:
- Visitors are discouraged except for immediate family, significant others or those necessary for the patient’s emotional well-being.
- Special exceptions can be made, for instance in end of life situations, by contacting the patients nurse.
- No one under the age of 18, unless they are a patient or the parent of a patient, is permitted to visit inpatient units within the hospital. Exceptions may be made for “compassionate care” visits.
- Children coming in for testing or clinical appointments are allowed.
- The children under age 18 of employees are not permitted to come and visit an employee during these special restrictions.
- Only two (2) adult visitors allowed per patient at a time.
- Persons without patient or physician appointments are asked not to bring children under the age of 18 to the hospital unless the appointment is for the child.
- Visitors exhibiting flu-like symptoms including fever, runny nose, cough or sore throat, are not permitted to visit patients in the hospital.
- Visitors who have recently had respiratory illness or diarrhea or vomiting should refrain from visiting.