Bryan Health is following the moves by other hospitals and will start prohibiting most visitors.
Starting Friday, adult patients will not be allowed visitors except in certain situations, such as a woman giving birth, dependent adults who need a support person and people receiving end-of-life care.
Pediatric patients will be allowed one parent as a visitor, and both parents will be allowed to visit infants.
The policy applies to Bryan East and West Campus hospitals as well as all Bryan clinic locations.
Bryan's policy largely mirrors one by CHI Health that was announced Tuesday and implemented Wednesday. Most Omaha hospital systems, including Nebraska Medicine and Methodist Health, also have implemented similar policies.
Bryan will continue to screen all visitors, including patient support people, by taking their temperature. Any who fail the screening will not be admitted.
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Patients who have confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 are not allowed any visitors.
"The risk of exposure of that is just too great to allow it to occur," said Bryan Medical Center CEO John Woodrich.
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