• Visiting hours 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
• Adult inpatients will be allowed 1 visitor during the day (9 a.m. – 9 p.m.) and 1 visitor at night (9 p.m. – 9 a.m.)
• COVID-19 positive patients will continue to have no visitors (except for laboring women, who may be allowed to have the birthing partner at bedside).
• Laboring mothers may designate two support people, which could include a doula. After birth, patients may designate one support person for the entire length of stay in the hospital. Visiting hours do not apply to these visitors.

Click HERE for the most updated version of the document “Having Your Baby During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Questions You May Have”
Click HERE to go to the main UNC Health page for more information.
Click HERE for the Spanish version of the Visitor Policy.

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Due to a decrease in the number of influenza cases, visitor restrictions for inpatient areas and waiting rooms at UNC Hospitals (Chapel Hill and Hillsborough) will end on Friday April 13, 2018.

Please note that due to continued circulation of RSV, restrictions remain in place for the Newborn Critical Care Center, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at UNC Hospitals.

To protect our patients and colleagues, it is important to continue to screen all children visitors for symptoms of a respiratory virus (e.g., cough or sore throat with fever) and exclude any guests and family members with symptoms from visiting the hospital and our clinics.

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It is important that  patients know that their young children will not be able to visit them in the labor delivery, postpartum, or antepartum areas.

Click here for more information.

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UNC Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Clinic Partners

Biannual Communication Meeting

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

NC Women’s Hospital

Curnen Denny Conference Room, Ground Floor

101 Manning Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7181

5:30 pm – 5:40 pm                 Welcome and Introductions

Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc Associate Director for Research and Program Development, UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health

5:40 pm – 6:10 pm          Exploring Interagency Collaborations

                                                Chatham County Public Health Department

                                                Zach Deaton, MS RN LDN, Clinical Operations Manager

                                                Clinical and Community Health Services

 6:10 pm – 7:10 pm          Perinatal Mood Disorders: Tools for Screening and Support

                                                Christena Rains, RN MSN, APRN-BC

                                                Associate Director, Obstetrical Liaison and Outreach, UNC Perinatal Psychiatry
 7:10 pm – 7:25 pm           Referrals, Consults, and Transfer of Care – Tips and Updates

                                                Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc

 7:25 pm – 7:30 pm          Concluding Remarks/Evaluations     

Any questions or concerns contact Denise Shaver (984) 974-8954 Denise.Shaver@unchealth.unc.edu

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The purpose of the Infant Safe Sleep Model of Excellence Award is to recognize hospitals that are proven leaders in infant safe sleep policy, practice and education. Hospitals must meet four areas of excellence to be recognized as an Infant Safe Sleep Model of Excellence: Policy, Staff Training and Education, Patient Education and Modeling, and Community Outreach.

The award, endorsed by the North Carolina Hospital Association and the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force, is available to all hospitals in North Carolina that deliver babies or care for babies less than one year of age.

The North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation is a statewide nonprofit based in Raleigh whose mission is to eliminate preventable infant death and illness in North Carolina.

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We hope you will make plans to join us at the next Clinic Partners and UNC Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting on:

 Tuesday, November 1, 2016
5:30-7:30 p.m.
NC Cancer Hospital, Ground Floor
Conference Room 1 (Sanofi Aventis)

UNC OBGYN’s Clinic Partners collaborate in regular meetings to continue to enhance their provision of quality care for the women and children of North Carolina. We are pleased to announce the following speakers and presentations that will be included in our program:

• Amy Bryant, MD, MSCR Associate Professor of Family Planning at UNC OBGYN —  Reproductive Life Planning: Birth Spacing, LARC options and Patient Centered Discussions
• Joan East, MD Piedmont Health Services Assistant Medical Director – Piedmont Health Services: A Federally Qualified Health Center Serving the Community Through Medical Care and Beyond
• Thomas Ivester, MD, MPH Associate Chief Medical Officer, UNC Hospital  — Preeclampsia: Newest Recommendations for Expectant Management and Follow-up

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In March 2016, Orange County Health Department took important steps towards preparing their staff for precipitous delivery. Staff partnered with UNC to use state-of-the-art simulation technology to develop their skills with practice on UNC’s pregnant simulator ELSA. Simulation enables providers and support staff to learn through experience in a supportive environment. Simulation training has many advantages: active learning, trouble-shooting, team building, emergency planning, communication fostering.

If your clinic is interested in partnering with UNC for obstetric simulation training, please contact Denise Shaver.

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