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PATIENTS & VISITORS
All visitors must follow these guidelines:
Labor and delivery patients and their visitors are allowed to enter through the East Entrance for COVID-19 screening.
Same day patients (surgery and GI procedures) will enter at the North Patient Tower entrance.
Emergency room visitor presenting with the patient to triage will be screened by the triage nurse. ER visitor presenting after the patient is in the room will need to enter through the East Entrance for COVID-19 screening. No outside food or drink is allowed to be brought in the Emergency Department.
Updated Nov. 8, 2022
Due to the community increase in RSV and flu, the medical center will restrict all visitation house-wide to ages 16 and older.
In the OB department, no visitors under the age of 16, other than siblings, will be allowed to visit.
Visitors may visit a patient on the patient floor during established visiting hours. The number of visitors for a patient may be limited based on the condition of the patient. The patient’s physician or the charge nurse may restrict the number of visitors or visiting hours at their discretion. CRMC allows a support person chosen by the patient to be with the patient during the course of stay for emotional support as long as it does not infringe on the other patients’ rights. Visitation will not be determined on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visiting hours at Cookeville Regional Medical Center shall be observed as follows:
Nursery: Visitation is limited to a maximum of two people over the age of 16; there are no visitors under the age of 16 allowed in the nursery. Visitors must be free of signs and symptoms of illness (including but not limited to fever or cough). One visitor must have a matching band to the baby. Visitors cannot compromise safety or care of the patient and may be limited at the discretion of staff and providers
Children under the age of 12 may be allowed to visit in patient care areas only after receiving special permission from the charge nurse on the floor to be visited. This precaution is taken in order to reduce the chances of compromising our patients through the spread of infectious diseases. During certain times of the year, visitation may be restricted due to the risk of spreading infectious diseases such as influenza during the flu season. Children must remain under adult supervision at all times in the public waiting areas of the hospital or in the patient room when visiting.
The nursing staff is authorized to allow children under the age of 12 to visit under special circumstances. These circumstances depend on the specific situation, the psychosocial needs of the patient and family members, and the type and severity of the illness. No children are allowed on the Critical Care Unit until they are interviewed by the nurse as to recent febrile or rash illness and are shown to be a febrile, without rash, and not recently exposed to an illness.
The patient or family should designate one contact person within the family for patient updates. The patient’s nurse will call that contact person daily with an update between 2–4 p.m. Cookeville Regional asks family members and caregivers refrain from calling the nursing unit for information unless it is an emergency.
To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the facility, Cookeville Regional will be following these restrictions:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING AT THIS TIME.
Those visitors allowed in the medical center will be screened before being allowed to visit patients. Screening will consist of a list of questions to determine risk of illness.
*ALL VISITORS MUST BE 16 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
LIMITED ENTRY POINTS FOR THE PUBLIC
Only three entrances will remain open for entry by the general public:
(The Cancer Center entrance will remain open for Cancer Center patients only. No other visitors may access the hospital from that entrance.)
Employees will still be able to enter in the East Entrance, North Patient Tower Main Entrance, West Entrance and Loading Dock Entrance with their badge.