Visitation Policy

General Visiting Hours	10am - 8:30pm daily For info, please call 802.847.000
Fanny Allen Campus Rehab 1 and 2	4pm - 9pm Monday - Saturday
Birthing Center and Mother/Baby Unit	* please see update below
Intensive Care Units	* please see update below
McClure 5 - Cardiology	12 noon - 8pm daily Please keep visits brief and quiet.
Baird 5 Pediatrics - Vermont Children's Hospital	In reponse to the H1N1 Flu Virus, we have made the following change to our visitation policy for Inpatient Pediatrics: For All Visitors to Inpatient Pediatrics: Use hand hygiene: Wash hands or use hand sanitizer  upon entering the floor, AND just before and just after leaving a patient’s room No one under the age of 12 to visit the inpatient Pediatric unit. Only immediate family to visit, or guardians/caregivers if applicable. Only two (2) immediate family members in the patient’s room at one time. Patients will be asked not to visit if they have symptoms of a fever and a cough or cold, or if they suspect they may have the flu. For Visitation With Inpatient Pediatric Patients Who May Have Flu: Additional restrictions include: While in the room, visitors must wear a white mask, gown and gloves. These should be disposed of in the room.  Instructions from the nurse shall be provided BEFORE the visitor enters the room. Visitors to Pediatric patients with influenza (or being tested for influenza), must minimize contact with all other people in the hospital.  They will be asked to leave the hospital immediately after visiting. This precaution protects other patients and their families.
Shepardson 3	10am - 8pm daily
Smith 3 and 4 - Psychiatry	8:30am - 8:30pm daily Please call in advance to plan your visit at a time when the patient is not scheduled for a group therapy session.

 

“These extra visiting precautions are in the best interests of our patients during the flu season,” said Dawn LeBaron, vice president, Hospital Services.  “Patient safety and infection control are top priorities at this institution.  We recognize that this flu season will not be like others in recent memory and we have made plans that anticipate different levels of a flu outbreak. The visiting policy changes are part of that plan and they may change as the flu season progresses.” 

Fletcher Allen Health Care has made changes to its visiting policy in an effort to protect both high-risk patients and its staff during the expected outbreak of H1N1 this fall.  Changes affect the Birthing Center, the Mother/Baby Unit, and intensive care units.

*The Birthing Center & Mother Baby Unit 

The Birthing Center, located on the seventh floor of the McClure Building, and the Mother/Baby Unit, located on the fifth floor of the Shepardson Building have made the following changes:

• The number of people accompanying the mother-to-be is limited to two persons.
• These persons must remain the same throughout labor, delivery and the stay on the Mother and Baby Unit.  No alternates will be allowed to visit.
• A child 12 years of age or older will count as one of the two allowed visitors.
• The two visitors must have no signs of illness.
• Children under 12 years of age cannot visit.

*Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit located on the 7th floor of the McClure Building will make the following change effective October 1:

• Only the child’s parents may visit, or the child’s mother and one consistent adult support person.

*Intensive Care Units (ICU)

Additionally, the Intensive Care Units located on the 3rd and 4th floors of the McClure Building have instituted the following visiting policy:

• Visitors are limited to include only immediate family members or close friends if the patient has no immediate family.
• Visitors with signs of influenza-like illness (cough, cold or fever) will not be permitted to visit.
• No visitors under the age of 12.
• Visitors will be asked to use hand sanitizers entering the intensive care units and upon entering and leaving the patient’s room.
• For patients sick with seasonal or H1N1 influenza, visitors must wear a protective gown, gloves and mask while in the room (this does not pertain to visitors of patients who do not have flu-like illnesses)
• Visitors will be asked to minimize contact with others in the hospital to reduce the risk of acquiring or spreading disease.

These visiting precautions are in the best interests of our patients as the flu season begins.  Patient safety and infection control are top priorities at this institution.  We recognize that this flu season will not be like others in recent memory and we have made plans that anticipate different levels of a flu outbreak. The visiting policy changes are part of that plan and they may change as the flu season progresses.