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LHAAMC Visitor Guidelines

Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center welcomes care partners and support persons in all areas 24/7, with the exception in Behavioral Health and Clatanoff. Please see below for visitation in specific areas such as Surgical Services, Labor and Delivery, Mother Baby, Pediatrics, Emergency Department and Outpatient Practices. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

With the LHAAMC visitor management system at the North and South pavilion desks, all care partners and support persons will be asked to provide a government issued ID. This system expedites the check-in process and enhances our hospital security. It replaces handwritten passes with clear and easy-to-read printed passes. Care partners and support persons without IDs will still receive a visitor’s pass and will be permitted to visit their loved ones as we understand how important care partners and support persons are to the patient’s healing.

Caring for and protecting our patients, families, employees, and the community is of the utmost importance. Luminis Health is taking steps to shift to an endemic recovery response to the pandemic. With high vaccination rates and the reduction in community transmission, Luminis Health has updated its masking guidance per the updated CDC recommendations. Universal masking is no longer required in any Luminis Health facility. Luminis Health has shifted to optional masking for all staff, patients, and visitors. All care partners and support persons will be required to wash or sanitize their hands throughout their visit.

Patients and visitors who prefer to wear a mask while in our facility may do so. Patients may also request that their care team wear masks.

As a patient- and family-centered organization, we will continue to review and update our visitation guidelines and practices as the situation changes.

Guidelines

Definitions:

Care Partners – Any person(s) who plays a significant role in an individual’s life. This may include family or a person(s) not legally related to the individual. Family members include spouses, domestic partners, and significant others. Care partners may be individuals with a continued legal, genetic and/or emotional relationship as defined by the patient.

Support Person – For patients with disabilities, support persons provide personal, behavioral and/or communication support not otherwise provided in a hospital setting. A support person may be appropriate for, but is not limited to, patients with intellectual, developmental, physical, or neurocognitive disabilities. A support person may include, but is not limited to a family member, personal care assistant and/or disability service provider.

  • During this time of very high volumes in our adult Emergency Department (ED) and space constraints, we will temporarily adjust our visitation for the adult ED.
  • Effective October 16, only one (1) person is allowed to stay with a patient in the adult ED waiting room and treatment areas. If the visit becomes extended, persons will be able to switch as needed. Care partners or support persons may be asked to wait in an alternative location if space is limited.
  • All visitors must be at least 18 years of age.
  • Care partners or support persons may be with the patient 24/7.

  • All care partners or support persons may be with the patient every day from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm, no more than one (1) support person at a time, no switching.

  • All care partners or support persons may be with the patient 24/7 and children are welcome.

  • All care partners or support persons are welcome 24/7.
  • Due to space limitations, no more than two (2) care partners or support persons may be in the room/ICU at a time (four (4) if the patient is at end of life). Other care partners and support persons may wait in either the ICU waiting room or the north pavilion lobby waiting area and switch throughout the visit.
  • Children welcome.

  • Active laboring patients:
    • One banded adult support person one (1) registered doula are permitted on Labor and Delivery (L&D), 24/7.
    • Two (2) support persons may stay 24/7 until delivery.
    • No children permitted.
  • Antepartum patients:
    • One (1) support person 24/7 may be in the L&D triage room until the patient is admitted and transferred to an L&D room.
    • One (1) Doula 24/7.
    • Four (4) persons 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.
    • Children welcome 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.
  • Delivered patients/PP Holds (patients out of recovery phase remaining in L&D):
    • One (1) support person 24/7.
    • One (1) Doula 24/7.
    • Four (4) persons 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.
    • Children welcome 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.

On L&D and in our triage area, the number of support persons may need to be reduced depending on the clinical circumstances.

  • One (1) support person may be with the patient 24/7 for the duration of the patient’s stay.
  • Four (4) persons 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.
  • Children welcome 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.
  • Care partners and support persons must be 18 years-old or older unless they are the parent or guardian.
  • This is applicable to all patients, including those who have positive COVID-19 results.

  • Two (2) support persons of the parent's choice may be present 24/7 for the duration of the patient's stay. Both badged.
  • Parents/Persons badged may invite a 3rd badged person 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.
  • Siblings over 2-years-old and vaccinated are welcome 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.

  • All parents, guardians, care partners, and support persons are welcome and may be with the patient 24/7 during their stay.
  • Due to space limitations, no more than four (4) persons may be in the patient’s room at a time. Others may wait in the waiting area and switch throughout the visit.
  • Children welcome.

  • Two (2) support persons 24/7, no switching.

  • Patients arriving from home and undergoing a scheduled surgery or procedure may have two (2) care partners or support persons present.

  • All care partners and support persons are welcome to be with the patient during their appointment. 

  • One (1) care partner can visit the patient between the hours of 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm. Contact the facility prior to visiting.

  • In-person family visits/therapy with individuals that patient identifies.
  • Family Wellness Workshops will be hybrid starting in September.

  • One (1) support person can be present with the patient 24/7 on all units.
  • A patient can designate two (2) people as their official support persons.

  • All care partners or support persons may be with the patient 24/7.
  • Exception: COVID-19 positive must be 12 or older for PPE.
  • An adult must be with minors under 18.