Feb. 18, 2022
Contact:
Vanessa Vondra
Sanford Well being Media Relations
605-366-2432 / vanessa.vondra@sanfordhealth.org
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sanford Well being is altering its customer restriction coverage as soon as once more within the Sioux Falls area. This alteration impacts Sanford’s hospitals all through South Dakota, northwest Iowa, and southwest Minnesota. Every grownup affected person is allowed two guests at a time. Guests are capable of rotate all through the day, which they have been unable to do the previous month whereas we noticed the Omicron variant surge in our area. They will go to between 7 a.m. and eight p.m. day by day, however instances might fluctuate at some services.
The customer coverage for COVID-19 sufferers who’re in isolation is not going to change. COVID-19 grownup and pediatric sufferers are allowed two guests per day between 7 a.m. and eight p.m. However these guests can not rotate all through the day.
Non COVID-19 sufferers being handled at Sanford Kids’s Hospital, together with the NICU, are permitted two guests at a time and should rotate as much as six guests from a predesignated checklist. Mother and father and guardians can go to 24/7, however others can go to from 9 a.m. till 9 p.m. day by day.
All guests will probably be screened for COVID-19 signs and should examine in to obtain an ID sticker to establish themselves as a customer. They have to additionally put on a face masks always. Sanford Well being strongly recommends all guests have a COVID-19 vaccine earlier than visiting.
If any guests aren’t feeling effectively, they need to keep dwelling. If they’re experiencing COVID-19 signs, they need to take a look at instantly.
About Sanford Well being
Sanford Well being, one of many largest well being techniques in the US, is devoted to the built-in supply of well being care, genomic medication, senior care and companies, international clinics, analysis and inexpensive insurance coverage. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the group contains 46 hospitals, 1,500 physicians and greater than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care areas in 26 states and 10 international locations. Study extra about Sanford Well being’s transformative work to enhance the human situation at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
