Visitor Information

Visitor Guidelines

• Visiting hours are 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. After 8:00 p.m., visitors must check in with security for a visitor pass.
• Southeast Hospital encourages visitors to support the health and well-being of the patient.
• Visitors will be asked to leave the unit if they do not comply with the standards.
• Patients receiving care may have 2 visitors at a time. Visitors are expected to remain in the patient’s room for the duration of the visit, with exceptions to visit the cafeteria, chapel, restroom, etc., provided they return directly to the patient’s room.
• Patients in procedural areas may have 2 visitors at a time. If there are more than 2 visitors, they should wait their turn in the waiting area on their patient’s home unit.
• Visitors under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
• Visitors of patients who are in Isolation must follow isolation guidelines.
• We reserve the right to restrict visiting privileges if a visitor is uncooperative with unit guidelines.
• Under certain circumstances, visitors may be restricted at the discretion of the nurse or provider if visitation would interfere with the care of the patient and/or the care of other patients. Visitors will be encouraged to not bring any personal belongings. The hospital is not responsible for any visitor belongings.

Visitors will be required to wear a mask if:

• They have signs/symptoms of acute illness (fever, cough, difficulty breathing, sudden loss of taste/smell, sore throat, body aches, diarrhea, or vomiting).

Expectations for Visitors

• Undergo symptom screening upon building (or department) entry.
• Notify the care team upon arrival to and from the unit.
• Leave the room during nasopharyngeal (NP) specimen collection or aerosol-generating procedures (open suctioning of airways, sputum induction, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, intubation and extubation, non-invasive ventilation, bronchoscopy, manual ventilation, nebulizer administration, and high flow Oxygen delivery)
• Perform hand hygiene at point of wellness screening and upon entry/exit of the patient’s room.
• Notify the clinical care team if signs or symptoms of illness develop during visit.
• Adhere to facility visiting hours.
• Visitors should be free of communicable diseases (or recent exposure to a communicable disease) and without fever or visible signs of illness. Masking is mandated for all visitors in the instance of a pandemic or infectious disease outbreak.

Visitor Guidelines

• Visiting hours are 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. After 8:00 p.m., visitors must check in with security for a visitor pass.
• Visiting hours for our Behavioral Health Unit are Wednesdays 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. and Sundays 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
• Visitors will be asked to leave the unit if they do not comply with the standards.
• Patients receiving care may have 2 visitors at a time. Visitors are expected to remain in the patient’s room for the duration of the visit, with exceptions to visit the cafeteria, chapel, restroom, etc., provided they return directly to the patient’s room.
• Patients in procedural areas may have 2 visitors at a time. If there are more than 2 visitors, they should wait their turn in the waiting area on their patient’s home unit.
• Visitors under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
• Visitors of patients who are in Isolation must follow isolation guidelines.
• We reserve the right to restrict visiting privileges if a visitor is uncooperative with unit guidelines.
• Under certain circumstances, visitors may be restricted at the discretion of the nurse or provider if visitation would interfere with the care of the patient and/or the care of other patients. Visitors will be encouraged to not bring any personal belongings. The hospital is not responsible for any visitor belongings.

Visitors will be required to wear a mask if:

• They have signs/symptoms of acute illness (fever, cough, difficulty breathing, sudden loss of taste/smell, sore throat, body aches, diarrhea, or vomiting).

Expectations for Visitors

• Undergo symptom screening upon building (or department) entry.
• Notify the care team upon arrival to and from the unit.
• Leave the room during nasopharyngeal (NP) specimen collection or aerosol-generating procedures (open suctioning of airways, sputum induction, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, intubation and extubation, non-invasive ventilation, bronchoscopy, manual ventilation, nebulizer administration, and high flow Oxygen delivery)
• Perform hand hygiene at point of wellness screening and upon entry/exit of the patient’s room.
• Notify the clinical care team if signs or symptoms of illness develop during visit.
• Adhere to facility visiting hours.
• Visitors should be free of communicable diseases (or recent exposure to a communicable disease) and without fever or visible signs of illness. Masking is mandated for all visitors in the instance of a pandemic or infectious disease outbreak.

Cancer Center

• Valet services are still available.
• Only patients with appointments at the Cancer Center will be permitted to enter the building.
• One healthy adult may accompany the patient.
• All Cancer Center patients and adults accompanying them will be screened prior to entering the building and will be asked to wear a mask.

• An attendant will be stationed at the entrance of each SoutheastHEALTH clinic on the West Campus, Cancer Center, Broadway Campus and Doctors Park in Cape Girardeau, Southeast Primary Care and Southeast Convenient Care in Jackson.
  • Patients will be asked if they are experiencing symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath or sore throat.
  • If the patient answers "yes" to these questions, they will be taken to a designated waiting area, segregated from other patients.
  • Patients with family members will be allowed one individual to assist if necessary. That individual will follow the same screening protocol as the patient. All others who may accompany the patient will be asked to wait outside of the building.
  • Exams will be conducted in a designated exam room and clinical staff will don appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) prior to entering the exam room.
• Once the patient has been examined, medically advised and discharged, an attendant will escort them to the nearest exit if they are discharged to home.
• The exam room will be decontaminated using "terminal cleaning" (deep cleaning) procedures.
• Southeast Home Health and Hospice is screening all patients via phone.