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Visitation Guidelines

Butler Memorial Hospital

Current visitation guidelines for Butler Memorial Hospital inpatients and hospital outpatient services

(No children permitted for visitation - must be 14 or older)

General Visiting Hours
11:00 am - 6:00 pm – two visitors at a time

Procedural Areas
All procedural areas are permitted two visitors that may accompany the patient

Intensive Care Unit Visiting Hours
2 visitors between 11:00 am - 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Emergency Department
One visitor may accompany the patient

3M Maternity and Post-Partum Visiting Hours
11:00 am - 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

  • 1-2 people in the labor room but must be the same two people
  • No visitors are permitted in the waiting room
  • Two visitors at a time from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm post-partum
  • The support person may stay overnight with the patient
  • No children permitted at this time - must be 18 or order

3 Tower Surgical
One visitor may accompany the patient

Ambulatory Patients - Outpatient Services
One person may accompany the patient

VISITORS FOR SUSPECTED/CONFIRMED COVID/QUARANTINED PATIENTS:

  • During visiting hours Infection Control will review and approve, when appropriate, routine visitation for suspected/confirmed/quarantined patients.
  • Approval will be based upon the visitor not being in isolation for COVID-19 infection, day 11 or after from a positive test or the visitor being asymptomatic and not having had contact with COVID patient within past 10 days.
  • All visitors to Suspected/Confirmed Covid/Quarantined patients and Patient Representatives must sign a waiver prior to visitation.
  • Visitors must coordinate time of their visit with healthcare providers on patient's floor.
    • Household contacts of the patient must be outside their own quarantine window (10 days after their last exposure to any known COVID-19 case, including the hospitalized patient) and without symptoms.
  • Visits within a patient's room.
    • Visitors will be provided PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) which includes a gown, gloves, eye protection, and a face mask (an N95 mask preferred).
    • It is recommended that visitors should remain 6 feet away from the patient.
    • Visitors are not permitted to visit during aerosol-generating procedures.
    • Visitors will wash their hands immediately after removing PPE.
  • Visitors may choose to visit from outside the patient's room instead. Visitors may view the patient through the glass window or doors. Doors must remain closed. Visitors may call the patient from the phone outside the room. Visitors standing outside of the COVID-19 patient's room will be limited to 15 minutes.
  • If infection control has not previously approved routine visitation for a suspected/confirmed Covid/Quarantined patient and the patient is at End of Life the following requirement must be met to allow visitation:
    • Comfort Measures Only (CMO) Order; or End-of-Life Visitation Order (may be placed by any provider caring for patient)
    • Visitor must sign the Informed Consent and Release for Visitors of Covid-19 prior to visitation.

Butler Memorial Hospital Entrance Hours:

Tower Entrance
Monday - Friday: 5:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday: 6:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Brady Entrance
Monday - Friday: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays Closed

Clarion Hospital

Current visitation guidelines for Clarion Hospital inpatients and hospital outpatient services

General Visiting Hours
11:00 am - 6:00 pm – two visitors at a time

VISITORS FOR SUSPECTED/CONFIRMED COVID/QUARANTINED PATIENTS:

  • During visiting hours Infection Control will review and approve, when appropriate, routine visitation for suspected/confirmed/quarantined patients.
  • Approval will be based upon the visitor not being in isolation for COVID-19 infection, day 11 or after from a positive test or the visitor being asymptomatic and not having had contact with COVID patient within past 10 days.
  • All visitors to Suspected/Confirmed Covid/Quarantined patients and Patient Representatives must sign a waiver prior to visitation.
  • Visitors must coordinate time of their visit with healthcare providers on patient's floor.
    • Household contacts of the patient must be outside their own quarantine window (10 days after their last exposure to any known COVID-19 case, including the hospitalized patient) and without symptoms.
  • Visits within a patient's room.
    • Visitors will be provided PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) which includes a gown, gloves, eye protection, and a face mask (an N95 mask preferred).
    • It is recommended that visitors should remain 6 feet away from the patient.
    • Visitors are not permitted to visit during aerosol-generating procedures.
    • Visitors will wash their hands immediately after removing PPE.
  • Visitors may choose to visit from outside the patient's room instead. Visitors may view the patient through the glass window or doors. Doors must remain closed. Visitors may call the patient from the phone outside the room. Visitors standing outside of the COVID-19 patient's room will be limited to 15 minutes.
  • If infection control has not previously approved routine visitation for a suspected/confirmed Covid/Quarantined patient and the patient is at End of Life the following requirement must be met to allow visitation:
    • Comfort Measures Only (CMO) Order; or End-of-Life Visitation Order (may be placed by any provider caring for patient)
    • Visitor must sign the Informed Consent and Release for Visitors of Covid-19 prior to visitation.

Intensive Care Unit Visiting Hours
11:00 am - 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm – two visitors at a time

Clarion Hospital Entrance Hours:

Main Lobby Entrance
Monday through Friday: 6:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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