Mar 19, 2020 1 min read

Effective at 7 p.m. Thursday, Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is suspending all patient visitation at its affiliated hospitals – including Canonsburg – outpatient clinics and ambulatory surgery centers until further notice.

There are four exceptions to the hospital no visitation rule. Patients in the following areas or circumstances will be allowed two visitors at a time in labor and delivery; neonatal intensive care units; pediatrics; and end of life care.

Visitors to the hospital exception areas will still be screened before entering the facility and asked the following questions: Have you traveled domestically or internationally in the last 14 days? Do you have a cough or fever?

Those who answer yes to either will not be allowed to enter.

Hospital visitation hours are also now limited to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and only visitors age 18 and older are permitted.

Visitors are also prohibited at AHN outpatient clinics and ambulatory surgery centers, with the exception of those accompanying pediatric patients. Those accompanying their adult loved ones to an ambulatory surgery center or outpatient clinic will be asked to wait in their cars or some other external location until they are called to pick up the patient.