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Hospital visitor policies Here’s a summary of policies at area hospitals to try to prevent patients from becoming infected with the flu:Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Beginning today, children under 12 will not be allowed in the hospital unless they are a patient or visiting a critically or terminally ill patient. No more than two visitors per patient at any given time. Visitors coming to the hospital who are coughing, sneezing, or have a runny or stuffy nose or sore throat will be asked to go home. If they must come to the hospital, they will be asked to wear a mask. Visitors with a fever will not be allowed to enter the hospital. Anyone visiting a flu patient will have to wear a mask, gown and gloves. Web site: www.Providence.org/Everett Valley General Hospital, Monroe Beginning Monday, no more than two visitors at any one time, no children under 12 will be allowed to visit patients at the hospital. Visitors will be asked to wear a mask if sneezing and asked to go home if they have a fever. Stevens Hospital, Edmonds No hospital-wide policy to screen visitors. However, on Oct. 12, the hospital began screening visitors to its mother-baby unit. Visitors are asked if they have flulike symptoms. If they do, they’re asked to go home. If not, they are given a one-day sticker indicating they have been screened. Whidbey General Hospital, Coupeville On Tuesday, the hospital began restricting children under 12 from visiting patients. Both patients and visitors are being screened for flulike symptoms when arriving at the hospital. Seattle Children’s Hospital Everyone coming to the hospital is screened for flulike symptoms at all hospital entrances. If a visitor arrives with flulike symptoms, they are asked to go home. A parent with flulike symptoms, who is the only person accompanying a patient, will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. Children younger than 12, including siblings of patients, are not allowed on the inpatient units. If a family has a child coming to the hospital for a scheduled surgery or clinic appointment, they are encouraged not to bring siblings. Link to policy: www. seattlechildrens.org/visitors/visiting/ Swedish Medical Center, Seattle Anyone with a fever above 100 degrees, with or without cough and sore throat, will be asked to leave the facility. Children 12 and under will be allowed to visit patients. Link to policy: http://swedish.org/body.cfm?id=3483 |
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