Patient and Visitor Information

WVU Medicine hospitals and facilities have special visitation guidelines in place to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Adult Inpatient Units

• Two patient-approved adult primary caretakers/visitors at a time during designated visitation times.
• Patients may indicate as many approved adult visitors as they desire.
• Visitors/caretakers are allowed to the exit building and return in same day.
• Two approved visitors for 60 minutes at time of admission and discharge if not within designated visiting hours.
• No overnight visitation allowed.
• COVID-19 positive infectious patients and COVID-19 persons under investigation (PUI): visitation permitted at admission and then every five days pursuant to West Virginia House Bill 2368.
• Exceptions to above with special circumstances will be considered and approved by unit management.

Peri-Operative/Procedural Registration/Diagnostics 

• Adult: One approved visitor with patient for registration and waiting area prior to procedure (if space allows for physical distancing).
• Pediatric: Allowed two visitors per patient.

Outpatient Appointments

• Adult: One visitor may accompany patient to and remain in room during visit.
• Pediatric: Patients are allowed two visitors.

Emergency Department 

• Adult: One approved visitor (over age of 18) with each adult patient arrival to ED.
• Pediatric: Two approved visitors (over age of 18) with each pediatric patient.
• Obstetric: Two approved visitors (over age of 18) with each obstetric patient.
• Visitor may accompany patient to and remain in room during ED stay with switching out discouraged.
• Approved visitors will be allowed to stay with the patient in the waiting room as long as physical distancing requirements allow.
• When waiting room reaches a point where physical distancing cannot be met, the following will occur:
  • Adult Patients: Visitors with adult patients will be asked to wait outside or in their vehicle unless the patient requires the visitor to assist with maintaining safety (examples: deaf/blind patients, low mental capacity, significant mobility limitations).
  • Pediatric Patients: In cases where a pediatric patient has two visitors, one visitor will be asked to wait outside or in their vehicle.
  • Obstetric Patients: In cases where an obstetric patient has two visitors, one visitor will be asked to wait outside or in their vehicle.

End-of-Life Circumstances

Additional accommodations will be coordinated to support family presence during end-of-life circumstances as warranted pursuant to West Virginia House Bill 2368.