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Palmdale Regional Medical Center announces temporary revision in visiting hours

by The AV Times Staff • October 19, 2018

PALMDALE – As a necessary precaution during flu season, Palmdale Regional Medical Center will be instituting a temporary patient visitor policy for the safety of patients and their families, officials announced Friday.

Effective Nov. 1, 2018:

  • No visitors 12 years of age and under will be permitted to visit patients and must be supervised at all times. They will be restricted to remaining in the main lobby and/or the Palm Café (cafeteria).
  • Visiting hours will remain 24 hours a day, with the following exception:
    • No visitors during 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the ICU and PCU. Call the ICU/PCU at 661-382-6150 for further information on restrictions to the visitor policy.
  • All visitors to the hospital, whether intending to visit a patient room or not, will need to enter the facility through the main front doors or through the Emergency Department and will be required to go through a security check using a valid photo ID. All other entrances will be unavailable to the general public.

Palmdale Regional Medical Center will also have masks, hand sanitizers and Kleenex available for use. The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older get a flu vaccine every season.

The intent of the temporary visitor policy revision is to help protect the community from unnecessary illness. The change will be in effect through the end of March 2019 or until further notice.

Anyone with questions or concerns should contact Paul Mann, director of Infection Control, at 661-382-5200.

[Information via news release from Palmdale Regional Medical Center.]

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6 comments for "Palmdale Regional Medical Center announces temporary revision in visiting hours"

  1. Anonymous says

    October 24, 2018 at 8:57 am

    I think this is an excellent policy. Too often, I see 10-20 members, mostly young children visiting hospitals and urgent care where there are very sick people and likewise, some children sick too.

  2. I said says

    October 19, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    They need to train their ER staff on proper customer service and patient care. They staff are extremely rude and value personal conversation over patient care.

  3. Sydney says

    October 19, 2018 at 3:06 pm

    Personally, I don’t understand why there are 24/7 visiting hours. This is a hospital, not a social hang out. For security purposes, there should not be visiting hours 24 hours a day. I just don’t like it one bit.

    • Influenza says

      October 19, 2018 at 3:28 pm

      Exactly! The priorities are often upside down.

    • Tom says

      October 19, 2018 at 7:22 pm

      24 hour visits are great for family members who live far, and allows visits before or after work. Im sure if someone is being loud nurses will say something.

      • Kay says

        October 23, 2018 at 12:20 pm

        Family, many times, lightens the workload of the hospital staff by doing for the patients what staff may be too busy to tend to in a timely manner. It also allows family/friends to see how patients are cared for during different parts of the day.

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