As a visitor to St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital, you play an important role in the hospital experience of your loved one. We try to keep a balance of allowing family and friends with our patients, while maintaining an atmosphere of privacy, serenity and healing. With that in mind, here are a few helpful pieces of information on our visitation policy.

Please limit the number of visitors in pre-operation areas, waiting areas and patient rooms as they will not comfortably accommodate large groups of people. Both new moms and surgical patients will require a great deal of rest and will most likely sleep through most of the first day after surgery or delivery.

During procedures, visitors should wait in the surgical waiting room or in the adjacent areas.

We ask that children under the age of 12 not visit in the pre-operation area. We understand that children are very important, but please take a few minutes at home or in the waiting area to have some quiet, quality time.

Out of respect for patients’ privacy, please stay behind the curtain of the cubicles in pre-operation areas and in patient rooms.

Location	Number of Visitors	Hours of Visitation
Labor/Delivery	Three People	Unlimited
Mom/Baby Unit	Significant other, siblings, grandparents, plus two others	7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
High Risk OB	Significant other, siblings, plus two	7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Surgery	Significant other, siblings, plus two	7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Chemotherapy	Significant other only	Unlimited
Pre-Op	One person with patient until surgery	Unlimited
Recovery	One designated person in stage I for Cesarean deliveries. One visitor at a time in stage II.	Unlimited
NICU	Two at bedside. NICU is open to parents, grandparents and siblings 12 years and older. All other NICU visitors must be accompanied by the infant's parent. No visitors allowed during physician rounds or shift changes.	Unlimited

Please Note: All visitors must stop at Security Desk to receive a visitor's pass.