Mar

23

ECH Visiting Hours Expanded

Elizabethtown, NY -- The University of Vermont Heath Network - Elizabethtown Community Hospital has expanded visiting hours for hospitalized patients. Up to two visitors at a time are now permitted from 11:00 am to 6:30 pm.

The updated visitor policy includes the following conditions to maintain a safe environment of care for patients and staff:

  • Hospitalized patients are allowed visitation each day between the hours 11:00 am and 6:30 pm.
  • Patients may have two visitors at a time. In semi private rooms, only two visitors are permitted per room at one time.
  • Visitors are required to wear a procedure mask. Cloth masks are no longer permitted.
  • Visitors with COVID-like symptoms or a fever of 100.0, will not be permitted to enter our facilities.
  • Visitors must follow current New York State guidelines for quarantine & isolation. Those who meet criteria for quarantine due to exposure to COVID-19 will not be permitted to enter our facilities.  Anyone who has been diagnosed with COVID in the past 10 days (and is not seeking care) will not be permitted in our facility.
  • Visitors are asked to limit time in common areas and maintain social distancing.
  • Visitors who do not follow these requirements will be kindly asked to leave due to the safety of your loved one, other patients and staff.

Special considerations for pediatric patients, end of life care patients, and patients with an intellectual, developmental, or cognitive disability are included in the updated visitor policy. Up to two support persons, deemed essential to the patient’s care, will be allowed to accompany patients in the emergency department and in outpatient specialty clinics. Support persons must adhere to the guidelines above.

For more information, please visit ECH.org or call 518-873-3008.

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About Elizabethtown Community Hospital

The University of Vermont Health Network - Elizabethtown Community Hospital is a designated critical access hospital and the primary health care provider serving residents in Essex County and northern Warren and Washington Counties in New York.

Elizabethtown Community Hospital is transforming rural health care at its main campus in Elizabethtown, NY, at a new emergency department and outpatient center in Ticonderoga, NY, and at six community-based primary health care centers located throughout the region. The hospital is one of the community’s largest employers with 350 employees.

Across the Elizabethtown and Ticonderoga campuses, the hospital maintains two 24-hour emergency rooms, a 25-bed inpatient unit, physical therapy, laboratory, and digital radiology departments; and a variety of specialty physician clinics on a weekly and monthly basis.  

Elizabethtown Community Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and is licensed and certified by the New York State Department of Health and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

About The University of Vermont Health Network
The University of Vermont Health Network is an academic health system that is comprised of six affiliate hospitals, a multi-specialty medical group, and a home health agency. We serve the residents of Vermont and northern New York with a shared mission: working together, we improve people’s lives.  Our partners include:

Our 4,000 health care professionals are driven to provide high quality, cost-efficient care as close to home as possible. Strengthened by our academic connection to the University of Vermont, each of our hospitals remains committed to its local community by providing compassionate, personal care shaped by the latest medical advances and delivered by highly skilled experts.

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