MASK / VISITOR Guidelines

Welcome to Trinity Health! To protect our patients, staff, and community from coronavirus, Trinity Health requires that masks/face coverings be worn in all our facilities at all times and that visitor restrictions be respected. Thank you for helping us reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Visitation Effective January 4, 2021

Trinity Health has adjusted visitation at Trinity Hospital, Trinity Hospital – St. Joseph’s, and all outpatient and clinic facilities, from maximum to moderate restrictions.

One asymptomatic adult visitor will be allowed per day at a patient’s bedside or to accompany a patient to an appointment. No one under age 18 will be permitted. Anyone with respiratory symptoms or who is COVID-positive will be barred from visiting.

Exceptions to the one-visitor policy include patients in the pediatric and newborn intensive care units, where two parents or legal guardians will be allowed. Patients receiving end-of-life care may have up to three visitors, with preapproval required for visits by minor children.

 For Addiction Services and Inpatient Mental Health at St. Joseph’s, adult family members designated as integral to patients’ programming will be allowed as directed by behavioral health team.

No one will be allowed to visit patients who have tested positive for COVID-19, with the following exceptions:

• COVID-positive pediatric patients – limit to one parent or legal guardian
• COVID-positive maternity patients with newborn – limit one support person
• COVID-positive end-of-life – pre-approval required for all visits

Hospital cafeterias will remain open for service, with social distancing required. All lobbies and waiting rooms are closed to visitors.

Outpatient facilities include Health Center – Medical Arts, Health Center – East, Health Center – West, Health Center – Town & Country, the CancerCare Center, Health Center – Riverside, Plaza 16, Trinity Health South Ridge, Trinity Health East Ridge, dialysis clinics at Trinity Hospital – St. Joseph’s and Belcourt, and community clinics in Williston, Velva, Mohall, Kenmare, Garrison, and New Town.

MASK/FACE COVERING MANDATORY

• Masks must be worn in every Trinity Health facility throughout your visit. This includes while visiting in a patient’s room.
• Due to a limited supply of masks to hand out, anyone entering a Trinity Health facility Is REQUIRED TO BRING AND WEAR THEIR OWN FACE COVERING.
• Visitors seen without a mask will be asked to wear one.
• Visitors MAY BE DENIED ACCESS if they refuse to comply with the mask policy.
• If masks are not worn appropriately, Trinity Health reserves the right to ask a visitor to leave.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends wearing a mask or cloth face covering as a safeguard against the spread of COVID-19, regardless of symptoms.

Trinity Health is extremely grateful for the dozens of individuals who have sewn cloth masks and crafted 3D face masks to shore up our supplies. We thank everyone for doing their part to protect each other and the community.

Thank you for choosing Trinity Health and for helping to keep our facilities safe for all patients, visitors, and staff.