Baptist Health allows visitors again at outpatient locations with new guidelines
.jpg "Starting Monday, Baptist Health South Florida will allow one visitor to be with a patient at all times at Baptist outpatient locations, including emergency rooms, urgent care centers and most physician offices.")
It has been nearly three months since Baptist Health South Florida stopped allowing most visitors as a form of increased protection from the novel coronavirus.
On Monday, Baptist Health’s new visitor guideline will go into effect. At the moment, most visitors aren’t allowed at Baptist hospitals with the exception of pediatric patients. Dining rooms were also closed and some non-emergency surgeries had to be rescheduled.
The new guideline will allow one visitor to be with a patient at all times at Baptist outpatient locations, including emergency rooms, urgent care centers and most physician offices. Labor and delivery and maternity patients can have their partner with them plus one other visitor. The announcement did not mention a change for regular hospital visits.
Visitors must be 18 or older, wear a mask and be screened.
This story was originally published June 13, 2020 at 8:34 PM.
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