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Masks Strongly Recommended but Not Required in Maryland

Respiratory viruses continue to circulate in Maryland, so masking remains strongly recommended when you visit Johns Hopkins Medicine clinical locations in Maryland. To protect your loved one, please do not visit if you are sick or have a COVID-19 positive test result. Get more resources on masking and COVID-19 precautions.

Gynecology & Obstetrics

Maternity Services

Visitor Information

Visitor Restrictions Due to COVID-19

Family in Postpartum Room

Visitor Screening

To protect everyone on our campus from the spread of COVID-19, we enacted a strict visitor screening and visitation policy.

Visitors entering Sibley will be asked to sign in and respond to the following screening questions:

  • Do you have fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle aches, sore throat, unexplained loss of taste or smell, headache or diarrhea?
  • Have you had close contact with someone who has COVID-19?
  • Visitors who answer yes to any of the screening questions will be asked to leave the facility.
  • Individuals who answer yes to any of the screening questions but who have a scheduled appointment or are seeking emergency care will be allowed to enter the facility. They will be asked to put on a face mask before entering.
  • Those accompanying patients for an appointment will not be permitted to enter if they have a fever, cough, shortness of breath or have had close contact with someone who has COVID-19.
  • Upon entering the facility as well as entering and exiting patient rooms, individuals will be asked to hand wash or use hand-sanitizing gel.
  • Please plan to arrive early for your appointment to allow time to complete the screening process.

Visitation

  • Special Care Nursery: Two designated caregivers per patient
  • Labor & Delivery and post-partum: One designated visitor

For additional exceptions please visit our patient resource site around Coronavirus.

Patients and visitors may use the following entrances:

  • Building A, Floor 1: Parking garage entrance open 24/7; Circle entrance open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday – Friday
  • Building A, Floor G (entrance to SASC and Imaging): Open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday – Friday
  • Building B, Floor 1 (door at the clock tower): Open 24/7
  • Building D (door at circle entrance): Open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday – Friday

Due to the changing nature of COVID-19 state guidelines and restrictions, we recommend incoming patients refer questions regarding the latest visitation policy to their nurse upon admission. Expecting parents may register for a Virtual Maternity Tour to get the most recent COVID-19 policies; however, please note the policy may change at the time of admission.