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Women's Health

Our Women’s Health professionals are focused on providing outstanding care, while also taking appropriate precautions to make our clinical care facilities among the safest possible places to receive healthcare at this time.

We recognize that the current pandemic may have raised concerns about keeping your medical appointments. To address these concerns we are pleased to provide you with an update about the steps we’ve taken to protect the health and safety of our patients, caregivers and communities.

Community Health Centers

Facilities

A spacious lobby at the Women’s Health Center allows for proper social distancing before and during registration as well as when waiting to be roomed. Acrylic shields are in place at all points of the intake process.

Patients are brought into the Women's Health Center through doors that are closest to their clinical care area, to avoid walking them through the entire clinic.

Rooms are cleaned after each patient use with appropriate solutions and all contact surfaces are sanitized.

Patients

All patients are screened upon entry to the Medical Surgical Center for symptoms and given a mask.

Testing is available for all patients that have symptoms that may raise concern for COVID-19 infection.

Precautions are taken when providers are seeing patients, including wearing of masks and hand washing/hand sanitizer before and after visits.

Video visits or telehealth visits are conducted when appropriate to mitigate the number of patients actually moving through the Women's Health Center. These virtual care return appointments can be scheduled through your provider.

Employees

All employees are supplied with masks and proper personal protective equipment (PPE) appropriate for their level of patient interaction.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines are used for employees who have tested positive regarding their safe ability to return to work. Testing is available for all employees that have symptoms that may raise concern for COVID-19 infection.

Labor and Delivery

IF YOU ARE IN LABOR:

If you're in labor or your doctor instructs you to come to the hospital (not for a scheduled C-section or induced labor):

  • Entry:
    Enter through the Emergency Department entrance on Nason Avenue.
  • Arrival:
    Your partner or driver can drive up to the Emergency Department entrance to assist you inside.
  • Procedure:
    Emergency Department staff will ask you a few questions and then guide you to the Labor and Delivery unit.

IF YOU ARE SCHEDULED FOR A C-SECTION OR INDUCED LABOR:

For scheduled procedures, use the main entrance off Nason Ave:

  • Parking:
    Park your car in the parking garage on the visitor parking lot.
  • Check-In:
    Enter and proceed to the information desk; inform them about your scheduled procedure.
  • Guidance:
    Once they know about your scheduled procedure, they will direct you to Labor and Delivery.
  • Access to Unit:
    Take the elevators to the 3rd floor, Labor and Delivery unit. Use the intercom on the wall for unit access.

CONTACT US:

If you have any questions, reach out to Labor and Delivery at 951-486-4000.

 

Deliveries

If the patient is COVID-19 positive, they are delivered in our COVID-19 area in Labor and Delivery which has UV-C lights installed in the rooms as well as HEPA-filtration. We also have a dedicated COVID-19 operating room for Cesarean sections.

All scheduled Cesarean sections and inductions of labor are prescreened and tested for COVID-19 within 72 hours of their scheduled procedure.

Gowns, masks, head and foot covers and face shields are worn during all deliveries. N-95 masks are added for delivering the COVID-19 positive patient.

All babies born to COVID-19 positive mothers are tested at 24 and 48 hours of life.

Spouses / Partners / Labor Coaches

IF YOU ARE IN LABOR OR HAVE A SCHEDULED INDUCED LABOR:

  • Screening and Masks:
    • All support persons will undergo illness screening but won't be tested.
    • Masks are mandatory for all support persons.
  • Evaluation Period:
    • During the evaluation, you can have one support person with you.
  • Admission for Labor:
    • When admitted for labor, you can have the initial support person and one additional person with you.
    • If you have a doula or labor coach, they can join you at your bedside, in addition to the two support people mentioned above.
  • Note:
    • Once a support person has joined you, switching them during the process is not allowed.
  • Post-Delivery:
    • The doula/labor coach must leave after delivery.
    • However, the spouse/support persons can remain but cannot leave the patient’s room until the patient is discharged.
  • Meals:
    • Meals are provided for all support persons while in the hospital.

IF YOU ARE SCHEDULED FOR A C-SECTION:

  • Operating Room Access:
    • Support persons cannot go into the operating room.
  • Post-Surgery Meeting:
    • Support persons can meet with the patient after the surgery.
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