SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Health is reopening patient visitation hours at Adirondack Medical Center starting today, with some restrictions.

One visitor at a time per patient will be permitted between the hours of 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., with a maximum of two unique visitors during a patient’s stay in the hospital.

For a patient just out of surgery and settled back into their room, a 15-minute “check-in visit” will be permitted outside the regular visiting hours listed above. Exceptions will be made for maternity care partners, imminent end-of-life situations, pediatric patients under 18 years old, and patients with intellectual or developmental disabilities requiring care by staff or a loved one.

For infection control purposes, all visitors will be required to remain in the rooms of the patients they are visiting for the duration of their visits. In addition, care partners are permitted to accompany patients to joint replacement and/or bariatric educational classes in the Redfield board room, and to outpatient visits on a case-by-case basis.

All visitors must undergo COVID-19 health screenings and temperature checks at the AMC lobby entrance, and also provide their names, contact information, date of their visit, and names of the patients they are visiting, in accordance with state Department of Health requirements. All visitors will be provided with and must wear appropriate personal protective equipment, as recommended by the DOH and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

To learn more, visit adirondackhealth.org/coronavirus. General questions about COVID-19 should be directed to the DOH COVID-19 hotline at 888-364-3065.