Visiting Hours

Berger Health System recognizes the importance of support from family and friends for patients in our hospital. However, patient care is our primary concern and in order to enhance the quality of care, specific visiting hours and regulations have been established.

General Guidelines

• Children must be 12 years of age or older to visit clinical areas unless given permission from the Provider or Director of the Unit. An adult must accompany all children given permission to visit.
• Shirt and shoes are required for visitation in all areas of the hospital.
• Visitors may be requested not to visit if they demonstrate signs and symptoms of infections.
• Visitor overnight stays are to be approved by a Charge RN, Patient Care Coordinator or Director and are only granted when a patient's condition warrants. Overnight visitors must be 18 years of age.
• Members of the clergy may visit at any time upon the request of the patient or family.
• Berger Hospital promotes a smoke-free environment. Smoking within the Hospital and Hospital grounds is prohibited.
• At times, it may be clinically appropriate to limit visitors or apply restrictions on visitation for patients. The medical and nursing staff will make this determination. If such restrictions are necessary, the staff will communicate the reasons for the restrictions to both the patient and family and involve the patient and the family in planning visitation.
• Berger Health System retains the right to limit and/or restrict visitation in circumstances where safety to patients, visitors and community is of concern.

Medical / Surgical Unit

General visiting hours: 11:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Critical Care Unit

Immediate family members may visit between:

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Limit of two visitors at a time. Exceptions to visitation when certain circumstances exist are at the discretion of the Critical Care Unit staff.

Maternity Center

Post partum visiting hours: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
A rest period for the patient is encouraged between 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Maternity Unit Guidelines

• Main support person may visit at anytime.
• Two additional support persons may visit during labor and birth.
• After the birth, post partum visitors are invited after the recovery period.
• All visitors, other than siblings of the newborn, must be at least 12 years of age.
• All visiting children must be supervised by an adult.
• Any visitor with obvious illness may not directly visit the mother or newborn.
• Overnight stay is limited to the support person only.

Emergency Department

One or two visitors are permitted to be with the patient. The number of other patients in the ED and the type of ED activity must be considered before visitors are allowed. Exceptions or suspension of visitation are at the discretion of the medical and nursing staff.

Surgery

Family may accompany or visit the patient in the Same Day Surgery Center at the discretion of the medical and nursing staff and are permitted to stay with the patient in the room before and after the patient's procedure. Visitors are prohibited in the operating room. Infection control standards must be maintained at all times.

Rehabilitation Center

General visitation is from 11:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. with the exception of situations deemed necessary by the Director of Rehabilitation Services.