AtlantiCare Harmony Pavilion, Atlantic City.
AtlantiCare has temporarily suspended, with limited exceptions, inpatient and outpatient surgeries, procedures and tests and emergency patient visitation at its hospital campuses as a result of the increase in COVID-19 cases.
AtlantiCare understands the key role family and other support persons play in the wellness and recovery of patients and clients. Our priority during the pandemic is to protect patients and their families, our staff and providers, and the communities we serve, the hospital system posted Thursday, Oct. 7 on social media.
At this time we are not allowing inpatient, outpatient (surgeries, procedures, tests), or emergency
Limited exceptions include:
Pediatric/Minor Patients
We allow two parents or guardians to visit/accompany minor patients under the age of 18 who are admitted to the hospital or have a surgery or other procedure throughout their stay. Minor pediatric patients who are in the Emergency Department may have one designated parent or guardian visit.
Patients with Disabilities
Patients with an intellectual, developmental or cognitive disability who are admitted to the hospital, having a same-day outpatient surgery, or being treated in the Emergency Department may have one designated visitor or support person visit 24/7 unless the patient has active COVID-19.
Labor, Delivery, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Maternal Fetal Medicine Patients
One designated support person may visit a pregnant patient during labor, delivery and throughout the patient's post-partum stay. A doula is considered a healthcare provider, unless the patient designates the doula as a support person. If the mother is discharged and the baby needs to remain on the Mother Baby Unit or in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, one designated parent or guardian may visit the baby 24/7. Maternal Fetal Medicine patients may have one support person accompany them to ultrasound visits.
Patients at the End Stage of Life
A person at the end stage of life may have two designated adult visitors 24/7 unless the patient has active COVID-19 or another illness for which the care team deems visitation would be a safety risk. COVID-19 patients who are at the end of life may have a one-time, 15-minute visit from two designated adults, regardless of time of day.
For more information, see https://www.atlanticare.org/patients-and-visitors/coronavirus-safety-and-information/flu-restrictions?fbclid=IwAR15eGRQz0GCjLUH3u7OB2HVZHuc6vDOfBtG_HemZSA_Kybv4fT8eA_rob0
