Hospital Visitation Policies During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

A significant change for patients and families during SARs-CoV-2 has been the restriction of visitors for hospitalized patients We analyzed SARs-CoV-2 hospital visitation policies and found widespread variation in both development and content This variation has the potential to engender inequity in access We propose guidance for hospital visitation policies for this pandemic to protect, respect, and support patients, visitors, clinicians, and communities