Public Affairs Office

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (March 20, 2020) – As of March 19, the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital has implemented visitor restriction and routine access control measures.

For visitation, GLWACH will now only allow one visitor per patient and that visitor will be the same person during the patient’s stay.

For routine access, all staff and contractors must enter the hospital at the staff badged entrances.

All patients and visitors must enter the hospital through the main hospital entrance, primary care entrance or emergency room entrance.

The main hospital entrance is open 24/7 and the Primary Care Clinic (middle door) entrance is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

These are the only entrances accessible for routine access to GLWACH.

Prior to entering GLWACH, you will be greeted by staff donned in personal protective equipment and screened.

Based on the interview and screen, you will be given further instructions. If you have been prescreened and released by Harper Screening Facility, please bring the clearance form with you to the hospital.  This will prevent any issues with entering the facility upon arrival, as they will see that you have already been screened and released.

GLWACH’s emergency room entrance for emergent care continues to be open 24/7.

Thank you for your understanding as we implement these precautionary measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect the most vulnerable in our community.

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About Fort Leonard Wood

Fort Leonard Wood is a thriving and prosperous installation that has evolved from a small basic training post more than 75 years ago to a premier Army Center of Excellence that trains more than 80,000 military and civilians each year.

Fort Leonard Wood is home to the U.S Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and three U.S. Army schools: the U.S. Army Engineer School; U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School; and the U.S. Army Military Police School. In addition to training engineer, CBRN and military police specialties for the Army, Fort Leonard Wood also provides gender-integrated in-processing and Basic Combat Training for new Soldiers.

Fort Leonard Wood also hosts and trains with the largest Marine Corps Detachment and Air Force Squadron on any Army installation as well as a large Navy construction detachment.

More information about Fort Leonard Wood is at: https://home.army.mil/wood/index.php/about/mission