The following is a press release for Sunday, March 22, from Great River Health systems updating restrictions. It is published in it's entirety
WEST BURLINGTON – Great River Health will add greater visitor restrictions Monday, March 23, in an effort to prevent or containCOVID-19 (coronavirus) transmission in southeast Iowa.
Great River Medical Center and Fort Madison Community Hospital, which also is part of Great River Health, are announcing changes separately.
At Great River Medical Center, visiting is allowed only in designated areas. No visiting is allowed in these areas:
In other areas, patients are limited to the same visitors for the entire time they are hospitalized. They must stay in the patient’s room or designated visitor area. Visitors must be at least 18 years old (unless they are the parents of a pediatric patient). They must pass a screening before visiting these areas:
Families of the patients described below should work with the patient’s health care team.
Screening process
Visitors will be asked about the presence of respiratory symptoms and recent travel, and their temperatures will be taken.
When visitors pass their first screening, they will receive a wristband to wear the entire time the patient they are visiting is hospitalized. Visitors with wristbands must be screened daily.
All potential visitors and outpatients are screened before entering the hospital through these locations:
All other entrances are closed.
Where to go for more information
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