STOCKBRIDGE â Piedmont Henry Hospital will allow one visitor per patient, per day, as long as the patient is not being treated for COVID-19, which has been Piedmont Healthcareâs policy since the start of the pandemic. Sharing a visitation day is not permitted.
On Friday, Piedmont Henry staff will allow patients on inpatient units to have one visitor per day. The hospitalâs emergency department will allow one visitor to accompany non-COVID patients. Outpatient services will allow one visitor to accompany a patient per visit. Patients and visitors arriving for lab or imaging procedures will receive a sticker with the dayâs date after being screened. In Labor and Delivery, one identified support person will be allowed throughout the patientâs stay. In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, only the mother and security band holder will be allowed. Visitation is allowed on these units 24/7.
STOCKBRIDGE â Piedmont Henry Hospital recently opened one of the stateâs first infusion centers to administer bamlanivimab, a monoclonal antibody treatment for high-risk patients diagnosed with COVID-19 that do not require hospitalization and oxygen therapy.
The infusion center, located on the hospitalâs campus, provided treatments for 13 patients ranging in age from 34 to 92 and coming from areas all over metro Atlanta, over the first two days of operation.
Piedmont Healthcare is now running four bamlanivimab infusion centers across Georgia.
âWeâre so pleased that we can provide this treatment for patients in need and help them avoid hospitalization and further complications due to COVID-19,â said Lily Henson, M.D., CEO of Piedmont Henry. âOur team has done an excellent job getting this center ready for patients in a short amount of time.â
STOCKBRIDGE â Itâs a global Christmas gift come early, and medical staff at Piedmont Henry Hospital were some of the first in Henry County to receive it â the COVID-19 vaccination.
The hospitalâs first shipment arrived on Thursday and by Friday doctors and nurses working primarily in the emergency department and critical care units were inoculated.
Hospital Communications Specialist Michael Boylan said 182 employees were vaccinated on the first day.
Last week, Dr. Lily Henson, Piedmont Henry CEO, reported during an update to the Board of Commissioners, that the hospital is experiencing its third surge of COVID cases and more than 80 COVID patients were hospitalized.
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STOCKBRIDGE â Piedmont Henry was awarded an âAâ in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing the hospitalâs achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. Piedmont Henry was one of seven Piedmont hospitals receiving the recognition.
The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade assigns an âAâ, âBâ, âCâ, âDâ or âFâ grade to all general hospitals across the country and is updated every six months. It is based on a hospitalâs performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.