Visiting Hours
Important Tips for Visitors
Visitors can be good medicine for patients. There may be a time when visiting
hours are modified to meet the patient’s care needs. There may be
times when visitors are asked to step out of the patient’s room.
Additionally, there may be times when staff might need to limit visitors
depending on the situation and space availability.
- Visitors should be free of infection or illness and should not have experienced
symptoms such as fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, skin rash, vomiting
or diarrhea within the 48 hours prior to a visit.
- Please respect the privacy and need for rest by all patients.
- Patient information is confidential and should not be discussed in public areas.
- For safety and security reasons, the Daviess Community Hospital’s
Emergency Room is the only open entrance between 5 p.m. and 6 a.m. Visitors
must check in at the Emergency Department during this time before continuing
to the patient’s room.
- If you need assistance while visiting a patient, please turn on the call
light in their room. A staff member will be alerted to assist you.
Visiting Hours are: 8 am to 6:30 pm
- No visitors younger than 16 years of age.
- Respiratory Care Unit - 2 visitors allowed.
- Emergency Room Department
- Behavioral Health Unit- 2 visitors allowed.
- Med Surg – 2 visitors allowed.
- Acute Rehab – 2 visitors allowed.
- ICU – 2 visitors allowed.
- OB patients:
- 2 adults may visit at a time. The change is that they do not have to be
the same 2 visitors for the entire episode of care. Visitors must be well
and have had no sick contacts.
- Siblings may visit during the postpartum period from 1600 – 1900.
A limit of 2 children may be present in the patient room at any time.
Although we do have a decrease in COVID-19, we have to be mindful of the
overcrowding of the rooms that staff members must go in. Visiting siblings
must be well and have had no sick contacts.
- Waiting areas are not open for congregation of visitors. Visitors must
remain in the patient room at all times. No congregating in hallways.
- Visitors shall only be required to wear a facemask in the patient room
when staff members are present.
- Patients will not be tested for COVID-19 when being placed on the OB Unit
unless they are symptomatic or have had contact with an individual that
is COVID-19 positive or has a respiratory illness.
- Pediatric inpatients - 2 visitors allowed.
- A chemotherapy or infusion patients - 2 visitors allowed.
- A Surgery patients - 2 visitors allowed.
**** Exceptions will be made by the provider and family during “end
of life” situations.
