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all visitors are required to check in with the nurses’ stations due to health restrictions, ie infection control, mealtime and medication routines, permitted and not permitted items ie flowers, plants, and patient/family restrictions on who is allowed to visit.

409 posted on 09/04/2011 9:40:41 PM PDT by Judith Anne ( Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.)

Maybe where you're at, but I can tell you from experience that it's not that way everywhere. Like I said, I suspect that it may be a regional thing, as I'm in a fairly small, rural area and the hospital staff tends to know the local Pastors.