Visitation Guidelines by Department

Certain departments have guidelines beyond the general guidelines that apply to all areas of the hospital.

Emergency Departments

Up to two visitors may accompany the patient in the Emergency Department waiting area and when the patient has been assigned a private room.
If the patient must be temporarily located in a hall bed only one visitor may accompany the patient until the patient is assigned a private room.
Each visitor must remain in the patient’s room.

North Harbor

Up to two support people per patient, per day during designated visitation hours.

Geriatric Unit Visitation Days and Times

Wednesday and Friday, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Adult Unit Visitation Days and Times

Tuesday and Thursday, 3p.m. - 5 p.m.

Pediatrics

Inpatient visitation hours: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.
Max of 4 people at any one-time (includes parents, siblings, extended family and others).
After 9:00 pm: only 2 parents OR caregivers permitted. All others must leave the hospital
Parent/caregiver should be present in patient’s room to receive other visitors.
Masks may be required in some patient care areas.
Parents, family and visitors who have fever, cough or other flu/infectious symptoms are not allowed to visit.

Visitation restrictions may apply when:

Clinically necessary.
Patient is on isolation.
Infection prevention practices dictate, including:

NICU and Women Services

NICU – Up to two visitors at a time per NICU patient. A maximum of two visitors may visit per day.
- Each visitor must have a patient identification band.
  - Support people for NICU patients are exempt from the general visitation hours.
  - To avoid overcrowding, NICU staff may need to limit the total number of people in the unit at any given time. Visitors must comply with these restrictions if implemented.
  - Visitors in Triage – The RN may ask to interview and assess the patient in triage. If the separation is an unpleasant issue for the patient and/or support person(s), then one visitor may be allowed.
  - Labor and Delivery – Each patient may have up to two visitors in the LDRP room. Visitors should check in at the nurse’s station.
  - Antepartum and Postpartum – After the patient’s recovery period is over, each patient may have up to three visitors at any one time.
  - C-Section – Patients may have up to two visitors in the OR if patient is not under general anesthesia.
    - Participants may leave the OR suite when the baby is taken to the Nursery and may return to the OR suite if desired.
    - The patient’s privacy will be maximized by keeping the doors closed.
  - Sibling Visitation – Siblings 12 years or older may visit between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Siblings under the age of 12 may visit during the postpartum/antepartum stay between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. They must be accompanied by an adult. Siblings should be free of infection and have a report of no known communicable disease contact within the last three weeks.
The visitation may be discontinued at the discretion of the RN / Physician or if the condition of the mother and baby warrants it.
Visitors are not to remain in the waiting area after the designated visiting hours are over.

DCH Rehabilitation Pavilion

7a.m.-9p.m.

Manderson Cancer Center

Patients in the Manderson Cancer Center should have their visitors wait in any designated waiting area or accompany them to the exam room.
Only one designated support person will be allowed to accompany patients to the chemotherapy infusion suite.
No children under the age of 14 will be allowed in the chemotherapy infusion suite.