Beebe updates visitor restrictions during COVID-19 outbreak

LEWES, Del. – Beebe Healthcare is updating their visitor restrictions as a result of the rapidly changing situation with the coronavirus.

Visitor restrictions were first put into place last week. However, there are updated guidelines limiting patients to one essential visitor.

For patients on outpatient locations:

• Patients who are being evaluated for or who have been tested positive for COVID-19 will not be allowed to have visitors
• The identified essential visitor will be screened upon arrival and may not be able to enter if they are deemed potentially infectious
• Children 16 and under will not be allowed to visit

For patients admitted to Beebe Healthcare’s Margaret H. Rollins Lewes Campus:

• Visitation hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Two entrances will remain open for visitors: the Main Entrance near the parking garage, and the Emergency Department Entrance
• The East Entrance near the flag pole will be closed to visitors
• Patients who are being evaluated or have tested positive for COVID-19 will not be allowed to have visitors
• Patients will need to specify one essential visitor such as a spouse, parent, caregiver, domestic partner, support person, or adult child aged 17 and over, who will be allowed to visit them in the hospital
• The name of the one essential visitor will be recorded it the hospital’s system
• Only the one essential visitor will be allowed to visit the patient for the duration of their stay. Other visitors will not be allowed to enter the hospital to wait in any area of the facility, including waiting rooms, cafeterias, or hallways
• The identified essential visitor will be screened on entry and will not be allowed to enter if they are deemed potentially infectious
• Children 16 and under will not be allowed to visit