Visiting Hours

COVID-19 Visitor Guidelines & Policy

Effective June 15, 2022

Anna Jaques Hospital has taken a number of steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in order to keep our patients and staff safe. Please review our updated visitor policy below. Additional COVID-19 resources, including information on testing and vaccination, can be found here.

Visitor Guidelines

We understand the importance of being able to visit a patient while they are in the hospital; however, we have put temporary visitor limitations in place to help protect everyone from COVID-19. Thank you for your cooperation during this time.

Exceptions to the visitor policy may be granted on a case-by-case basis by the care team.

Inpatients

• Patients may have two (2) visitors at a time during visiting hours.
  • Visiting hours are 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm, seven days a week.

Obstetric Units (Labor and Delivery, Antepartum, Postpartum)

• Please note that “support persons” may be with the patient at any time. “Visitors” are subject to hospital visiting policies and hours.
• Labor and Delivery — Two (2) support persons (one if the patient is positive for COVID-19)
• Postpartum — One (1) support person. Patients may have two (2) visitors at a time during visiting hours 12:00 pm–2:00 pm and 4:00 pm–8:00 pm. Children under the age of 12 are not permitted unless they are visiting their parent or new sibling.
• Requests for swapping out support people will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Director in collaboration with the Obstetric providers.
• Your support person must wear a mask at all times while in the hospital, especially while staff are present in the room.
• For babies in the Neonatal Care Center — Parents are welcome at any time. One visitor with banded parent 12:00 pm–2:00 pm and 4:00 pm–8:00 pm. Please check with nursing staff prior to visiting to ensure space is available. No children under the age of 18 may enter Neonatal Care Center.

Ambulatory and Procedural Areas

• Each patient may have two (2) essential escorts or support persons.

Psychiatric

• Limited visitation on the inpatient adult psychiatric unit (2 North) will begin April 4, 2022 and should be coordinated through the nurses station.

Emergency Department

• Patients may have two (2) visitors at a time.