Recent CDC guideline changes have allowed Baxter Regional Medical Center to lower its visitor age restrictions, the hospital announced Monday.Under the revised guidelines, those 12 years old and up may now visit patients in most parts of Baxter Regional, although visitors will continue to be 18 or older to visit a patient in the Cline Emergency Center.
Other visitor guidelines in place include:
– A limit of two visitors per patient, with just one visitor per patient in the Cline Emergency Center;
– Masks or face coverings are required to enter any Baxter Regional building, including any Baxter Regional clinics;
– Patients with a suspected or lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 are not allowed visitors.
Access points into Baxter Regional will continue to be restricted to the Cline Emergency Center Entrance, which is open 24 hours a day; the BRMC Main Entrance, which is open weekdays 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and the Medical Arts Building Entrance, which is open weekdays from 5 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Both the Main Entrance and the Medical Arts Entrance will be closed Monday for the Memorial Day holiday and will reopen on Tuesday morning. The emergency room entrance will remain open on Memorial Day.
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