Patients & Visitors

Visiting Guidelines

Visitors can make your hospitalization more pleasant. However, our primary concern is the welfare and speedy recovery of our patients. That is to say that, too many visitors or excessively long visits can counteract the benefits of your hospital therapy. Please ask your friends and relatives to observe our visiting regulations.

Only two visitors per patient are permitted at one time
Children under the age of 12 are not encouraged to visit patient floors
Visitors should not sit on patient beds
Visitors should ask nursing staff before bringing outside food to the patient
No smoking anywhere in the hospital, except in designated areas
Visitors with colds, sore throats, or any infectious disease should not visit
Visits should be kept short, and to maintain a quiet environment, visitors should avoid any unnecessary noise

A “NO VISITORS” sign may be posted on the door upon request.

Visiting Hours

Regular Visiting Hours: 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Critical Care Unit (CCU): 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
CCU is closed to visitors from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU): 9:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
SICU is closed to visitors from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

After-Hours Visiting Regulations (9:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.)

To help ensure a safe and quiet environment for our patients, our security officers enforce a “Visitor Program” after normal business hours. Entrance to the hospital after 9:00 p.m. is only allowed through the hospital’s emergency registration entrance.

The “Visitor Program” requires all visitors to sign in, show identification, and state which patient they are visiting.

Condition Reports

Any personal information about your diagnosis and treatment must come from your physician, and this information is only available to members of your immediate family or whom you designate to receive it.

Gifts for Patients

Visitors should check with the nurse before bring gifts of food or drink to patients, as some patients are on restricted diets. Flowers cannot be delivered to the CCU or SICU units.

Parking

Parking for patients and visitors is available at the Hospital in front of the Main Entrance and in the parking garage. Parking for Heart Center patients is designated outside the North Entrance.