Visitor Information

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Main Campus

Visitors are encouraged and welcomed at the Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital. Each unit follows slightly different guidelines based on what is beneficial to their patients. Please note that restrictions may change during flu season.

Eskenazi Health Acuity-Adaptable Care (Floors 8, 9 and 10)
- Visitors of all ages are welcomed from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Only one adult visitor is allowed at night.
Eskenazi Health Intermediate Intensive Care Unit
- Please limit the number of visitors to two at any given time.
- Visiting hours begin at 8 a.m. and end at 10 p.m., though no visitation is allowed between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. for shift change. This restriction will be enforced in order to maintain patient confidentiality. Please restrict patient inquiry phone calls to ICU staff during these hours and also between 6:30 a.m. and 8 a.m.
- No more than one visitor, who must be 18 years or older, may stay overnight in a patient’s room.
- Visitors who are 14 years old or younger are restricted from entering the unit and asked to remain in the waiting room under adult supervision.
- A designated quiet time will be enforced from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. to promote a healing environment for patients. Stimulation and noise should be limited at these times.
- Live flowers and food (including fruit baskets) are not allowed in patient rooms in order to promote the safety of our patients and in respect of potential nutritional restrictions.
Eskenazi Health Intensive Care Unit
- All ICU visitors are asked to check in at the ICU Reception Desk.
- Please limit the number of visitors to two at any given time.
- Visiting hours begin at 8 a.m. and end at 10 p.m., though no visitation is allowed between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. for shift change. This restriction will be enforced in order to maintain patient confidentiality. Please restrict patient inquiry phone calls to ICU staff during these hours and also between 6:30 a.m. and 8 a.m.
- No more than one visitor, who must be 18 years or older, may stay overnight in a patient’s room.
- Visitors who are 14 years old or younger are restricted from entering the unit and asked to remain in the waiting room under adult supervision.
- A designated quiet time will be enforced from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. to promote a healing environment for patients. Stimulation and noise should be limited at these times.
- Live flowers and food (including fruit baskets) are not allowed in patient rooms in order to promote the safety of our patients and in respect of potential nutritional restrictions.
Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center
- Visitation hours are from 12 p.m. (noon) to 8 p.m.
- Please limit the number of visitors to two at any given time.
- Two overnight stay areas are available for adult visitors and can be arranged through the support services coordinator.
- Visitors must enter through the gowning area, wear a cover gown and wash their hands before entering and after exiting a patient’s room.
- Visitors younger than 14 years old are asked to remain in the waiting room with an adult.
- No live flowers, plants, fruits and vegetables are permitted. Artificial arrangements are welcomed as are non-latex balloons.
Sablosky Family Labor & Delivery Center
- Visitors are asked to check in at the reception desk.
- Open visitation is observed.
- During active labor and delivery, visitors are restricted to three people (and one during a C-section).
- The other new parent may stay overnight if over the age of 18 (if younger than age 18, parental permission is required).
Eskenazi Health Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Visitors are asked to check in at the unit’s reception desk.
- Open visitation is observed.
- Visitors must be accompanied by a parent of the newborn. Only four people are allowed in the room at one time.