COVID 19 – Current Visiting Information

Current visiting arrangements at SHDH

All people entering Swan Hill District Health, including Acute, Sub Acute, Logan Lodge and Jacaranda Lodge will be temperature tested, screened and have some details recorded at entry.

All visitors must wear a mask (aged over 12 years, unless a legal exemption is present). You are encouraged to continue to wear your own mask during your visit.

All visitors must maintain 1.5m between themselves and anyone they don’t live with. Physical distancing remains an important COVID-safe priority. This may limit the number of visitors that can visit at one time.

All visitors must wash their hands or use hand sanitiser when entering the health service, after using lifts, holding railings and every time they enter and exit the patient’s room.

VISITING HOURS

Main Hospital: 12 – 6pm daily

Midwifery: 10am – 1pm & 3 – 6pm daily
(partners not subject to time limit)

Aged care: 2 – 6pm daily

Physical distancing must be able to be maintained when having an appointment with us and therefore we continue to ask people if you do not need to bring a carer/support person to an outpatient appointment that you avoid doing so at this time. If you will be bringing a carer/support person with you to an appointment please discuss this when booking your appointment.

For information on visiting hospitals please see – www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/visiting-hospitals-covid-19

Aged Care – Logan Lodge and Jacaranda Lodge

• All visitors to our aged care facilities are required to have had a 2020 influenza (flu) vaccination.
• Visitors will be required to wear a mask.
• You should maintain a 1.5 metre physical distance between you and your loved one and all other people in the facility for the duration of your visit.

Visitors must not enter our health service or aged care facilities if they:

• are awaiting a coronavirus (COVID-19) test result (unless granted exemption under exceptional circumstances)
• are unwell with symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), such as fever, chills or sweats, cough, sore throat, runny nose, shortness of breath, or loss/change in sense of smell or taste
• have a temperature higher than 37.5 degrees
• arrived in Australia within the last 14 days
• have been diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19) and have not yet been given clearance from self-isolation
• have had known contact in the past 14 days with a person who was a confirmed case of coronavirus (COVID-19)
• are from or have been in an area with outbreaks or elevated risk of community transmission