Visiting Hours & Guidelines | St. Dominic's Hospital

Welcome to St. Dominic's

St. Dominic's main campus sits at the intersection of I-55 and Lakeland Drive (MS Hwy 25) in Jackson, Mississippi. From I-55, exit onto Lakeland Drive and proceed west to the first stoplight. From this light, guests can turn left or right to access St. Dominic's facilities.

North Campus includes Dominican Plaza, the Cancer Center and St. Dominic Chapel.

South Campus includes St. Dominic Hospital, the Emergency Department and the Medical Office Building.

Patient parking is available on both the north and south campuses.

Please review the information below for details on our current Visitor Guidelines and Visiting Hours.

Infection Prevention

When visiting a hospital, proper hand hygiene is crucial to prevent the spread of infections. Please follow these guidelines to protect yourself and others:

Wash Your Hands: Always wash your hands before seeing a patient and after you leave. Use soap and water if available. In the absence of soap and water, use antibacterial foam from dispensers in each hospital room and hallways. Always wash hands:
- Before and after visiting a patient
- After coughing and sneezing
- When hands are visibly dirty
- After toilet use
Avoid Touching: Never touch wounds, bandages, IV lines, catheters, or any tools used to treat the patient. Minimize contact with these items to prevent contamination.
Stay Home if Sick: If you are feeling unwell or have symptoms of illness, it’s best to stay home. This helps protect both patients and healthcare workers.

Remember, clean hands count in maintaining a safe environment for everyone in the hospital. Thank for being mindful of infection prevention!

Visiting Hours:

General Patient Area:

Open except on certain units or in clinically necessary situations

Critical Care Areas:

Closed daily 6 a.m. - 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. for shift change

Visitors should not include children under age 12. If visiting a patient in an area where special personal protective equipment (PPE) is necessary, such as COVID-positive patients or other patients requiring enhanced infection prevention, PPE is required to be worn within the patient care area for the duration of the visit.

Refer to sections below for additional details and guidelines.

Visitation policy effective 4/8/24

Click the + icon next to each area for additional visitor guidance for specific areas of our hospital.

This information reflects the St. Dominic Hospital Visitation Policy effective 4/8/2024.

General Patient/Visitor Guidelines
- Presence of a visitor in the patient care area is dependent upon the safety and well-being of all patients. Visitors may be asked to leave the patient care unit in the event of an emergency and directed to the designated waiting area.
- Visitation is considered open and unrestricted, except on certain units and departments or in clinically necessary situations. To promote patient care, comfort, safety, and a restful environment, quiet hours will begin nightly at 8pm.
- Visitors must be 12 years of age or older, unless prior approval is obtained or if visiting in a designated area such as, but not limited to, labor and delivery and postpartum units.
- The number of visitors and/or length of time for visiting may be limited at the discretion of the patient’s nurse, physician, or hospital administration. If at any time the patient’s nurse, physician, or hospital administration determines that visitors are interfering with the patient’s care or need for rest, he or she may restrict visitation for a limited time. The patient’s nurse must discuss these concerns with the patient or designated spokesperson for the patient prior to limiting visitation.
- The patient’s physician may order specific visitation requirements at any time.
- Visitors and support persons are required to wear the appropriate PPE necessary when warranted by patient diagnosis. When visiting a patient in isolation, visitors should be encouraged to minimize their time spend in other locations of the facility.
- To maintain a clean and hygienic environment, visitors should refrain from eating in patient rooms and minimize the presence/storage of personal belongings within patient rooms.
- The nurse caring for the patient will ensure the patient and visitors understand the visiting plan and may document the education in the patient’s medical record.
- Out of respect for patient privacy and to promote a healing and safe environment, support persons and visitors are not to loiter in the hall, linger at the nurses’ station and/or work areas, or go into other patient care areas.
Surgical and Procedural Areas
- Each patient is allowed a support person and an additional visitor, for a total of two visitors, at bedside during the entire duration of the patient’s surgical or procedural area stay.
- Support persons and/or visitors will not be allowed in procedural, surgical, or recovery rooms. During these times, support persons and visitors will be allowed to wait in the designated waiting areas.
Women’s Services (e.g., L&D, Postpartum, NICU) Visitation
- One support person is allowed at the bedside during the entire duration of the patient’s stay in the Labor & Delivery and Postpartum units.
- Siblings and children under the age of 12 years are allowed to visit with adult (18 years of older) supervision during general visitation hours.
Neonatal ICU (NICU)
- Mothers, designated support persons (with the second identification band), and up to 4 additional visitors (identified by the mother) are allowed to visit during general visitation hours.
- Mothers and designated support persons (with second identification band) may visit at any time for feedings and/or skin-to-skin interactions.
- Two visitors will be allowed to visit the patient at any one-time.
- Siblings ages 3 and up are allowed one 30-minute visit per day during general visitation hours, with parental or legal guardian supervision.
Critical/Intensive Care Areas
- Visitation hours will be daily from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. until 06:00 a.m.
- Two visitors will be allowed to visit the patient at any one-time during visitation hours.
Emergency Department
- One support person is allowed at the bedside during the entire duration of the emergency department stay.
- An additional visitor will also be allowed during the emergency stay for a total of two visitors.

Finding a Patient

Guest Services staff at both the South Hospital Lobby and North Medical Mall Information Desks will be able to tell you the room number and directions to your loved one’s room. It is always a good idea to check in with the nursing station once you’ve arrived on the floor to be sure the person you are looking for is available and accepting visitors.

Dial directly into a patient’s room by calling 601-200+Room Number.

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