![]() Have been on international travel within the last 14 days to countries with sustained community transmission.Restricted person = Someone displaying signs or symptoms of respiratory infection Do you currently have a cough, shortness of breath, wheezing fever In the last 14 days, had contact with someone with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 or is under investigation for COVID-19 or has been or is currently ill with respiratory illness? Or, had contact with a person confirmed with, tested for, or showing symptoms of COVID-19 in the last 14 days?.An Essential Visitor cannot be someone who is a Restricted Person.Screening questions include: Fever greater than 100.4 Cough Shortness of Breath.*The patient populations listed above are restricted to one Essential Visitors at a time for the entirety of the Emergency Department stay*All Essential Visitors will be screened before the allowance of visitation and must wear a mask before entering the emergency setting. Stay in the room: Caregivers are asked to remain masked and in the patient’s room and not leave the unit or roam the hospital except for basic personal needs (ex: food, restroom) Caregivers may order meals through room service, for a nominal fee of $8/tray. ![]() Bring their own mask and wear it for the entirety of the visit. The caregivers must: Be competent in their ability to improve the care and understanding of the patient.The caregiver will be allowed to rotate with one other caregiver during this 24-hour period (Maximum of two caregivers in a 24-hour period). One competent caregiver will be allowed at a time in situations where their presence improves the patient’s safety, emotional well-being, or physical care.Visitors will be subject to all visitation rules for our non-COVID inpatients, including masking, hand hygiene, and limiting visitation to the patient room. Once patients have a physician order that they are now COVID Convalesced, meaning they are no longer considered infectious, they will be allowed to have visitors. Any emergency need should be escalated to Guest Services at their 24/7 locations (UED, HED, WIC, NP 2nd floor).ĬOVID+ or Symptomatic PUI patients will not be allowed to have any visitors/caregivers present at the bedside or in the Emergency Department except in special circumstances to include but not be limited to end-of-life situations/compassionate care and during labor in Labor & Delivery (see Labor & Delivery below). The designated entrances will only be open between 5 am and 8 pm.Social distancing guidelines should be followed at all times in the patient rooms and in common areas like walkways and dining/vending areas.Visitors/caregivers must practice appropriate hand hygiene and limit the touching of surfaces in patient care areas.Guest Services provides visitor badges at all entrance screening locations. Visitors/caregivers must wear a visitor badge at all times.Visitors/caregivers must bring their own mask and wear it for the entirety of the visit.All visitors/caregivers must show identification and will be entered into our UAB Medicine system by Guest Services to help us track who is in our facilities.Entry will be denied to anyone who screens positive for symptoms of COVID-19 such as a temperature above 100.4, cough or shortness of breath.All caregivers must be 12 years of age or older. ![]()
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