COVID-19:

With the health and safety of patients, staff and the community in mind during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) and St. Luke’s University Health Network are implementing a common “No Visitation, No Access Policy” for its hospitals and outpatient facilities, including Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG) and St. Luke’s Physician Group (SLPG) offices.

The “No Visitation, No Access Policy” took effect 12:01 a.m. March 15 at LVHN hospitals and outpatient sites and 5 p.m. March 16 at St. Luke’s.

In the hospitals and inpatient facilities, no visitors are permitted except under these special circumstances: Visitation of a patient nearing the end of life; Parent visitation of a child in a pediatric ICU or neonatal ICU; One coach or partner per patient on labor and delivery unit; One visitor at a time for patients in inpatient hospice unit; One parent-guardian at a time for pediatric patients; One visitor to accompany patients for hospital discharge; One visitor for patients undergoing same-day surgeries and procedures; One visitor per patient in the Emergency Department; No child under age 12 is permitted to visit in the hospital.

For outpatient appointments, one visitor is permitted to accompany a patient for an outpatient appointment, procedure, same-day surgery or LVPG/SLPG office visit. Reasonable accommodations will be made for pediatric visits, provided any sibling visitors are in good health. Visitors allowed by exception must be in good health and are subject to a health screening, if necessary.