Franciscan Health facilities in Lafayette, Crawfordsville and Rensselaer, including the Lafayette East and Lafayette Central campuses, have enacted visitor restrictions, effective Tuesday.
The restrictions include the following requirements:
• Visitors should clean their hands upon entering and leaving the hospital using hand sanitizer, foam or by washing hands with soap and water.
• Only two healthy adults (18 years of age or older) will be allowed to visit a patient at any one time.
• Visitors who have flu-like symptoms, such as fever, cough, chills or muscle aches, will not be allowed. Franciscan Health officials are asking visitors to “self-screen” for these symptoms.
• Patients with flu-like symptoms will be asked to wear a surgical or isolation mask. (Located at the various entrances.)
• Signage will be posted throughout facilities.
•Hand sanitizer, tissues and masks are posted at the main entrances to the facilities.
• Visitors are highly encouraged to use hand sanitizer before going into and after leaving a patient’s room.
• Exceptions can be made in special circumstances. Nurse directors/managers can help determine when those exceptions can be made without compromising the quality and safety of the patient care.
For more information, visit FranciscanHealth.org/diseases-and-conditions/flu.
