Patients & Visitors
Current Visitor Guidelines
Effective Monday, January 10, 2022, and until further notice, Merit Health will implement a revised visitor policy for all hospital facilities as follows:
Access to the hospital by patients and visitors will be limited to:
- Main Entrance – Open 5:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. - Monday - Friday
- Emergency Department Entrance – 24 hours per day, 7 days a week
We encourage our patient families to consider remote visits using telephone or video chat.
Visitors will be allowed based on the following requirements and/or restrictions:
- Patients in isolation may not have visitors.
- No one under the age of 18.
- One healthy adult visitor at a time per patient is allowed for all inpatients and surgical patients.
- Pediatric patients are permitted to have 2 healthy adult visitors, and both must be parents, guardians or caregivers.
- Patients who have been determined by the care team to be at the “end-of-life” may be visited by healthy members of the immediate family, even if outside of normal visiting hours.
- One visitor is allowed for outpatient imaging, lab, cath lab and outpatient surgical procedures, or other services.
- ER adult patients are allowed 1 healthy adult visitor and ER pediatric patients are allowed 2 healthy adult visitors.
- All patients and visitors, as allowed by exceptions, must self-screen upon entry. If an individual meets criteria for concern, they may receive further instruction or not be allowed to enter the facility.
- ALL visitors must meet the following requirements for entry and continued visitation:
- Must pass the COVID-19 symptom and fever screening at the time of entry –
- No fever above 100.3
- No COVID-19 like symptoms
- Use of hand sanitizer upon entry and exit
- Wear a mask at all times while in the facility
- If the visitor arrives wearing gloves, they must be discarded upon entry
At Merit Health Biloxi, we understand that coming to the hospital as a patient or as a loved one's support person can be a difficult, often overwhelming experience. Whether you’re preparing for a hospital stay or stopping by to see friends and family, knowing where to go and what to bring will help make your visit less stressful. To make your experience easier, we want to provide you with helpful information you may need to plan your visit, such as what to expect, parking instructions, transportation and more.