Visitors Policy Returns to YELLOW — Effective Today, Friday, December 3, 2021

In keeping with the New Jersey statewide standardized visitation policy, the Northern New Jersey region, which includes St. Joseph’s Health, has been elevated to a “Level Yellow” status for all visitors, going into effect today, Friday, December 3, 2021. Although the St. Joseph’s Health COVID-19 positive patient volume continues to remain steady with slight upticks, the change in status is based on the coronavirus risk levels in surrounding communities.

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COVID-19 Screening for Patients & Visitors

Thank you for serving as our “front door” for so many patients and visitors coming in to St. Joseph’s Health each day. It is critically important that we follow one standard process to screen all patients and visitors for COVID-19 at our points of entry. For your convenience, we’ve assembled a toolkit to assist in the patient/visitor screening process, a key area of observation for DNV/OSHA surveyors. Please print and share this message and the PDF documents with staff who are stationed at patient and visitor access points.

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COVID CASE ANNOUNCEMENT

As warmer weather has exited, and we spend more time inside, we are now in a time of increased COVID-19 exposure, at home and in social situations. We are currently monitoring an increase in Covid-19 cases among employees at SJH. These cases are, for the most part, from exposures when masks were not worn during off time and family/personal time. Currently, cases are also rising in the state of New Jersey.

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Visitors Policy Moves to GREEN — Effective October 8, 2021

Good news for patients and families! Thanks to the numbers of COVID patients decreasing across our region and throughout the state, St. Joseph’s will shift today back to “Level Green” status for all visitors. The return to “green” is a reflection of the state’s standard visitation policy. Our visiting hours remain 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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