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Visiting Information

Augusta Health Visitation Guidelines (Green Tier) – March 4, 2024

Augusta Health recognizes that visits from family and friends are important and necessary for many of our patients. At this time, we are moving to a mask-optional environment across the organization, with just a few specific situational exceptions identified below.  Augusta Health’s top priority remains the safety of our community, patients, and our team members. Augusta Health will continue to monitor respiratory illness activity within our communities and make visitation and masking guideline changes, as necessary.

All patients admitted to Augusta Health are permitted to have adult visitors from 8am-8pm. Minor visitors (under 18 years of age) are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult. 

  • Pediatric Patients may have two (2) adult visitors/support persons after visitation hours.
  • Patients at the End of Life may have two (2) adult visitors/support persons after visitation hours.
  • Patients with Disabilities may have two (2) adult visitors/support persons after visitation hours.
  • Patients Giving Birth may have two (2) adult support persons during labor. After delivery, patient may have three (3) adult visitors/support persons; one (1) adult may stay with the patient after visitation hours (8pm-8am). 
  • Patients in Skilled Nursing Facility may have visitors 24/7 (per CMS guidelines).

Effective March 4, 2024, masking will be optional for our Augusta Health team members; however, they will be required to wear a mask when providing direct care for patients who are immunocompromised or receiving chemotherapy in our cancer center, receiving dialysis, or have active respiratory virus symptoms.  Also, Augusta Health team members will mask any time that a patient requests that we mask for their personal safety.

Masking will be optional for our visitors; however, we encourage masking if visitors are immunocompromised or visiting a patient who is immunocompromised or has respiratory virus symptoms.  Visitors should not visit if they are sick, have new-onset respiratory illness symptoms, or have been exposed to someone with known or suspected COVID-19 within the past 10 days.

Additional Information:

  • Masks will continue to be readily available for patients and visitors who enter our facilities.