COVID-19 Hospital Visitor Policy Updates

Here at Pacific Northwest Doulas we strive to keep all of our clients (current and future) up to date with all of the policies in place at local birthing facilities. Covid-19 has been stressful for those navigating pregnancy and delivery and we hope to help alleviate that by providing you with the policies that may affect you.

Below you’ll see the support person policies for all the facilities that our Doulas provide support at. We know that these changes may bring up a lot of emotions that may feel uncomfortable, please reach out if you’d like to talk through your options. If there are changes in policies, we will update them as soon as we are able.

Doulas do fall under the HealthCare Mandates that go into effect on October 18, 2021. All doulas attending hospital births will have the COVID-19 vaccination.

**Hospitals- please send any updated policy info to info@pnwdoulas.com. We’ll keep this post as current as we can.

Legacy Silverton: Only one support person plus an approved doula. PNW Doulas are on the approved doulas list.

Salem Health: One support person hospital wide- with specific exceptions. L&D currently allows 2 support people.

Samaritan Albany: Two support people allowed.

St Charles Med Ctr Bend: One support person. Approved doulas are allowed- PNW Doulas has a team of allowed doulas.

Samaritan Corvallis: Two support people allowed.

McKenzie-Willamette: One support person- Plus one certified doula who has shown proof of vaccination or negative test in the last 7 days.

Willamette Valley Medical Center - McMinnville: Four support people- must be masked.

Providence Newberg: Two support people during labor. One person during the postpartum stay.

Riverbend Hospital: One support person- Plus a vaccinated and certified doula. PNW Doulas has approved doulas on the Riverbend list.

Santiam Hospital: One visitor at admission. If covid test comes back negative, a doula or second support can join.

Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital- Newport: patient is allowed one visitor during labor and postpartum as well as a certified doula. Doula is not considered a “visitor”.

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)- One visitor for COVID positive patients in L&D. Two visitors for COVID negative patients in L&D.