Notice: Visitor Guidelines
Visitors to Mercy Medical Center are restricted to only the following:
- Visitors must be in good health.
Please do not visit if you have symptoms of respiratory infection (fever, runny nose, cough, shortness of breath).
- Hospitalized patients can have one visitor at a time.
- Birthplace patients may have one partner accompany them.
- NICU patients may have one birth parent plus one significant other.
- Patients at end-of-life may have visitors assessed on a case-by-case basis.
- Patients with disruptive behavior, where a family member is key to their care, may have one visitor.
- Minors under the age of 18 may have one visitor, parent or guardian.
- Surgery or outpatient procedure patients may have one visitor.
- Patients with an appointment at a hospital-based clinic, lab, or radiology and those in the ER may have one person accompany them.
No visitors in the ER.
No visitors for respiratory patients with a pending or positive COVID-19 test.
No children under the age of 16 (unless extraordinary circumstances).
Visitors must stay in the patient’s room during the entirety of the visit. Once the visitor leaves the room, they must immediately exit the hospital.
Thank you for your cooperation and helping keep our patients, staff and community safe.
General Precautions:
- Please do not visit if you have had flu-like symptoms during the past seven days, including: fever (100° F or higher), cough and/or sore throat.
- Please wash and sanitize your hands upon entering AND exiting a patient’s room.
- Cover your cough with a tissue or your sleeve.
Hallmar Residential Care:
Beginning March 12, 2020, we are asking all visitors to remain off the unit.
Thank you for your cooperation.
