Visitor Information

Visitation Rights

Visitation rights include the right to receive the visitors designated by the patient, including, but not limited to, a spouse, a domestic partner (including a same-sex domestic partner), another family member, or a friend; and may not  use the race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability to deny visitation privileges.  Patients also have the right to withdraw or deny such consent at any time.

Visitor Guidance

Stoughton Health recognizes the value of visitors for patients receiving healthcare services and wishes to include them in the safest manner possible.

Because respiratory and diarrheal illnesses are easily spread between individuals, all people who leave their homes and have contact with others assume some risk of contracting these types of illnesses.  As a hospital, we are experienced with practices to prevent infection and ask that you contribute to our efforts to keep everyone safe during this time.

For visitors entering Stoughton Health buildings, the following guidelines have been implemented:

• All patients and visitors must self-screen upon arrival to the hospital/outpatient clinics for the following (Visitors screening positive will not be able to visit patients while in the hospital):
  • Have none of the following symptoms: Fever/Chills, Cough/Congestion, Shortness of Breath, Fatigue, Headache, Muscle or Body Aches, New Loss of Taste or Smell, Sore Throat, Runny Nose, Nausea/Vomiting, Diarrhea within the past 48 hours.
  • Visitors who have tested positive or have had a diagnosis of COVID-19 within the last 10 days may not visit.
• While inside Stoughton Health buildings, visitors must:
  • Perform hand hygiene with alcohol based hand rub or soap and water:
    • Upon entering the facility
    • Upon entering the patient’s room
    • After touching persons or surfaces when within the facility
    • Before leaving the patient’s room
    • Before leaving the facility
  • Visitors must sign in and will receive a wristband for Day Surgery, Inpatient Units, and the Emergency Department following screening.

For the safety of our patients, employees, and the community, visitors who are not able to comply with the above guidelines will be asked to leave.

Visitor Guidelines

• Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
• Clergy, liaisons such as hospice workers, adult protective services, and identified skilled nursing facility liaisons are not considered visitors and are considered part of the allowed care team.