Visitor Guidelines
For the health, safety and privacy of our new moms and babies, we ask your cooperation in following these visitation guidelines.
Labor and delivery
- Up to three support persons age 18 years or older are welcome in the labor room based on mother’s wishes and patient safety is not compromised.
- Siblings must have an adult (other than the patient) with them at all times and be symptom-free of contagious infections.
- We ask that there be no more than three family members and friends in the room after the physician has been called for delivery.
- Only one support person is allowed in the recovery room after a C-section.
- After delivery and when mom is ready, other family and friends may visit.
- Please help us keep patient room doors and curtains closed at all times for patient privacy.
- If you are not visiting with a patient in her room, or if a patient goes to surgery, please help us keep our hallways clear by remaining in the waiting room.
After delivery
- Postpartum delivery visiting hours are 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily.
- Children under 18 (unless they are the siblings of the newborn) are asked to visit the newborn at home.
- One adult support person of the mother's choice is welcome to stay overnight.
- Newborns can easily catch an infection, so please thoroughly wash your hands before touching baby. If you might have a cold, upset stomach or any condition that could make the new baby sick, please wait to visit when you are symptom-free.
Special Care Nursery after delivery
For the first 24 hours of an infant's Special Care Nursery stay, only the mother and her support person may visit. After 24 hours, grandparents and siblings over 12 years old may visit if the siblings are free of illness symptoms and are accompanied by an adult.
No visitation is allowed during the hours of 7 to 8 a.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. There may be other times when visitation is restricted as infants are cared for in the Special Care Nursery.
Photo and video guidelines
- You may videotape and take photos after the doctor says it’s okay, which is usually following a normal delivery.
- If you are videotaping or taking photos after the delivery, you must have the patient’s consent and ensure no other patients are included in the photo or video.
- If asked to stop recording or to not take a photo, please cooperate; it is important for the safety and security of
- our patients and other visitors.
- Recording devices may not be used in other areas of the hospital. Please keep this in mind if you leave the maternity care area.
For patient information call 740-454-4225. For additional information visit our Patients or Visitors sections.