Prisma Health restricts visitation amidst âgrowing surge of COVID-19 infectionsâ
Prisma Health restricts visitation amidst âgrowing surge of COVID-19 infectionsâ By Laurel Mallory | January 8, 2021 at 5:08 PM EST - Updated January 9 at 12:10 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Prisma Health officials said visitation will be restricted across its hospital system beginning Jan. 9.
The decision was made âin the wake of a growing surge of COVID-19 infections across South Carolina,â officials said.
Friday,
Limited visitation will be allowed in the following circumstances:
Pediatric patients, with only one care partner allowed 24-7 except for a one-hour daily transition period in which both parents or legal guardians may be present for physician discussions and joint training.
Upstate hospital system restricts visitors amid COVID-19 surge
Prisma Health will only allow visitors in certain circumstances Share Updated: 5:45 PM EST Jan 8, 2021
Upstate hospital system restricts visitors amid COVID-19 surge
Prisma Health will only allow visitors in certain circumstances Share Updated: 5:45 PM EST Jan 8, 2021
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Show Transcript NIGEL: WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. PRISMA HEALTH WILL RESTRICT PATIENT VISITATION STARTING TOMORROW. THE SURGEON COVID-19 CASES ACROSS THE STATE IS TO BLAME. PRISMA HEALTH SAYS THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS WHERE VISITORS WILL BE ALLOWED, INCLUDING PEDIATRIC PATIENTS, MOTHERS AND LABOR, PEOPLE UNDERGOING PROCEDURES WHERE THEY MUST BE SEDATED, PEOPLE REQUIRING CARE FROM PARTNERS SUCH AS DEMENTIA PATIENTS, AND VISITORS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR END-OF-LIFE SITUATIONS. LIMITED VISITATION MAY STILL BE ALLOWED IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DEPENDING ON EACH CASE. ALL VISITORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO ENTRYW
Prisma Health restricting patient visitation due to COVID-19 surge
Jan 8, 2021 4:51 PM EST
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– On Friday, Prisma Health announced that they would be placing restrictions on patient visitation across its entire system. Prisma says the move goes into effect Saturday, January 9, and is due to the surge in coronavirus cases seen across the state.
“We know that being with families is itself a healing therapy and so we wrestled with this decision. But we believe this measure is needed in the wake of the growing post-holiday surge of COVID-19, especially given the growing community spread,” said Dr. Eric Ossmann, an emergency medicine physician who is Prisma Health’s Chief of Preparedness and leads its COVID-19 response system-wide.
Prisma Health starts vaccinating staff as part of Phase 1A rollout
Prisma Health will start vaccinating staff Tuesday By Caroline Coleburn | December 15, 2020 at 12:01 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 8:13 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Prisma Health received 9,750 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Tuesday morning, according to a hospital spokeswoman, who says employee vaccinations began around noon.
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