Responding to COVID-19
Visitors
Visits must be scheduled at least 72 hours in advance.
Effective May 17, 2023, masks will be encouraged but no longer required for staff, visitors or patients in all common public spaces at the Penetanguishene campus, the Community Health Hub, and the Jones Road location. These common spaces include hallways, the Bay Café, lobby areas, and others.
Masks will continue to be required in clinical areas where patients are cared for.
Eating and drinking by both patients and visitors is permitted. Leftovers must be taken with the visitor when they leave. Commercially produced and prepackaged/sealed foods that do not require refrigeration may be brought in for individual patient consumption after the visit in consultation with program staff.
For more information on visiting, please contact the hospital at 705.549.3181 or 1.877.341.4729 and speak a member of the care team. You may also visit our Visitor Page for more information.
Screening for illness
Everyone must self-screen before entering the building. Staff must self-screen daily at the beginning of their shift - by entering the building you are attesting that you have self-screened.
Screening questions:
* Do you have any of the following four (4) symptoms not related to known
allergies or other chronic conditions: fever and/or chills, cough,
shortness of breath, decrease or loss of taste or smell?
AND/OR
* Two or more of the following new or worsening symptoms: runny
nose/nasal congestion, headache, extreme fatigue, sore throat,
muscle aches/joint pain, nausea/vomiting and/or diarrhea?
Click here for a poster of the Screening Protocol.
Masks
Effective May 17, 2023, masks will be encouraged but no longer required for staff, visitors or patients in all common public spaces at the Penetanguishene campus, the Community Health Hub, and the Jones Road location. These common spaces include hallways, the Bay Café, lobby areas, and others.
Masks will continue to be required in clinical areas where patients are cared for.
Visitor Vaccination Requirements
Proof of vaccination for visitors is no longer required.