University Health returning to COVID-19 visitor restrictions

University Hospital will not allow visitors unless it’s necessary to patient’s care

People check in for their COVID-19 vaccine appointments at University Health’s mass vaccine site at Wonderland Mall Courtesy: Mark Greenberg Photographer / Visual Content Creator University Health (KSAT)

University Health announced Tuesday it is once again implementing its COVID-19 visitor restrictions due to rising infections and hospitalizations.

University Health said that it will not allow visitors into University Hospital beginning Wednesday unless it is “necessary to the patient’s care.”

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University Health considers the following visitors necessary for patients’ care:

  • One to two parents or guardians for pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients.
  • One support person for labor and delivery/postpartum patients.
  • One support person for patients with disabilities or impairments warranting assistance.
  • Two support people for critically ill patients who may be at end of life.
  • Goodbye visit from a military member being deployed (with military ID).

Visitors must be 14 and older and meet screening criteria, University Health said. Visitors are also required to wear a face mask at all times.

University Health also recommends all visitors be vaccinated.


About the Author:

Emily Martin is the KSAT Insider Membership Producer. She earned a journalism degree from Texas State University, where she was news director at KTSW, the campus radio station. She has also interned at KXAN and KUT in Austin.