St. Luke’s Hospital and Mercy Cedar Rapids are adjusting visitor guidelines for hospitalized patients. The changes will take effect Mon., March 28.
Hospitalized patients may have four visitors (updated from two) at a time. Exceptions are as follows:
At UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital:
- Emergency Room (ER), Behavioral Health and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic patients are limited to two visitors.
- No visitors under the age of 18 in Behavioral Health
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients may have two visitors at the bedside at a time. Two other visitors may be in the lounge area
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients may have one birth parent, plus one significant other
- Birth Care visitors must be consistent throughout stay. Siblings of any age may visit Birth Care patients
- Patients at end-of-life may have visitors assessed on a case-by-case basis
- No visitors under the age of 12 (unless extraordinary circumstances and siblings in Birth Care)
At Mercy Medical Center:
- Emergency Room (ER) and Behavioral Health are limited to two visitors
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) allows two visitors at the bedside. Two others may be in the family waiting area
- Hallmar visitors should check with Hallmar staff for visiting guidelines
- Patients with certain types of infections may have different visitor guidelines, including number of visitors allowed and type of protective equipment required
- Patients at end-of-life may have visitors assessed on a case-by-case basis
- Visitors must be age 12 or older (18 or older on the Behavioral Health Unit), exceptions for extraordinary circumstances and siblings in the Birthplace/NICU
Visitors must be in good health. They must screen in and wear a mask.
St. Luke’s visiting hours are from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. Detailed hospital visitor polices may be found at unitypoint.org.
Mercy’s visiting hours are 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. For more information, visit mercycare.org
