The safety of our patients, families and team is our #1 priority. In order to keep our patients, families and team safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have updated our visitor guidelines.
Arkansas Children's Hospital:
Arkansas Children's Northwest
We are taking additional steps to protect children and their families from potential exposure. We are requiring that all patients and their accompanying parents or guardian wear masks in our facilities. Upon entry, a hospital-issued mask will be provided and must be worn at all times. If your child is under 2 years old, or cannot put on or remove a mask without help, they should not wear a mask.
Arkansas Children’s has partnered with Natural State Labs (NSL) to provide drive-through testing services. NSL provides COVID-19 testing across the state. Through this partnership, we have expanded testing capabilities at the ACH (Little Rock) campus. Anyone, regardless of age, can get tested for COVID-19. Community providers no longer need to enter an order for their patients’ tests unless the test is for surgery clearance. All tests provided at Arkansas Children’s Hospital by NSL are PCR tests.
NSL. All other test results will be sent to patients from NSL through an electronic testing portal. Questions? E-mail NSL at support@naturalstatelab.com.
Download NSL testing portal instructions.
Test results should be available to patients within 24–48 hours.
Patients needing their COVID-19 test before surgery will enter the the COVID-19 ACH (Little Rock) testing site from a different route.