Labor and Delivery
- Visitors are welcome 24 hours a day.
- The number of visitors is limited (and includes children).
- Children under 16 must be accompanied/supervised at all times by an adult who is not the patient.
- Visitors must check in at the Registration Desk.
- Visitors should be in good health and wear protective materials when necessary.
- Other visitors can wait in a designated area.
- In TRIAGE: one support person per patient.
In LABOR, limit 4 visitors (primary support plus 3 others).
In PRE-OP, OR. POST-OP/PACU: one support person per patient.
Maternal Child Unit (after delivery)
- Fathers or designated companion may visit any time (provided they wear numbered/maternity issued baby bracelet as an identifier).
- Grandparents, siblings and others may visit between 9 a.m.–9 p.m.(exceptions made only by charge nurse or manager)
- Children under 16 must be accompanied/supervised at all times by an adult who is not the patient.
- Visitors should be in good health and wear protective materials when necessary.
NICU
- Parents are welcome 24 hours a day.
- There may be times when visitors are asked to step out of the NICU for short times to protect the confidentiality of others or for medical/therapeutic patient care reasons.
- Two people may visit at a time at the bedside; one must be a parent.
- Additional visitors may wait in the family waiting room located immediately outside the NICU.
- All visitors must strictly adhere to infection control practices throughout their stay.
- Siblings older than two years may visit and must be supervised by a parent while in the NICU. They must be free of communicable diseases.