Newman Regional Health
Business Development & Marketing
1201 West 12th Avenue
Emporia, KS 66801
(620) 343-6800 x22524
www.newmanrh.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 14, 2020
Visitation Restrictions Implemented at Newman Regional Health
(Emporia, KS) — Due to the increase in respiratory illnesses in our community, Newman Regional Health is instituting temporary visitation restrictions on the Labor & Delivery/OB floor (4th floor). Children under the age of 12 should not be brought to the hospital to visit. Siblings will be given permission to visit after they have been screened by a nurse for symptoms of a cold or fever.
According to Newman Regional Health’s Chief Operating Officer, Julia Pyle, RN, MSN, the numbers of respiratory infections in children rise during the fall and winter months. “It is typical for hospitals to initiate sibling visitor restrictions to children’s and women’s inpatient areas for the protection of our patients. This is an annual practice and is usually lifted at the end of the winter season.”
The hospital is requesting that people only visit if they are healthy. Do not visit if you have a fever, cough, sore throat, diarrhea, or have been exposed to someone with those symptoms within the past 7 days. All healthy visitors are asked to clean their hands before and after each patient visit using soap and water or alcohol foam cleaner. Although visitation restrictions are strictly in place for Labor & Delivery/OB, Newman Regional Health would like to remind all visitors that it is necessary to practice safe and healthy visitation guidelines for all patients and visitors.
Family and friends do have the option to send a patient greeting using Newman Regional Health’s website. Please visit www.newmanrh.org/patientgreetings for more information.
Your cooperation is appreciated and greatly assists in community safety.
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About Newman Regional Health: Newman Regional Health is a not-for-profit 25-bed Critical Access Hospital owned by the citizens of Lyon County, Kansas. Recognized as a Level 4 Trauma Center, Newman Regional Health provides inpatient acute and medical rehabilitation services along with a full range of emergency and outpatient care to patients of all ages in Lyon County and surrounding areas in East Central Kansas. Newman Regional Health offers 24/7 care with a newly renovated, state-of-the-art 19-bed emergency room and 10-bed Clinical Decision Unit. With a mission to improve health in the community by providing high quality care and a vision to be a valued, trusted partner and regional provider of exemplary services, Newman Regional Health receives recognition as a top Critical Access Hospital each year.