Visiting Hours & Policies

Visiting hours are between 1:00 pm and 8:00 pm daily.

• Visitors are not allowed for patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
• All other patients may have visitors, with a maximum of two visitors at a time.
• All visitors must wear a hospital-provided surgical mask, fully covering the nose and mouth, always, while in the hospital regardless of vaccination status.
• Children older than 12 years of age may visit a hospitalized parent or sibling.

Patients in the Emergency Department are allowed one visitor plus one essential escort at a time.

• The visitor must remain in the room with the patient.
• Rarely, limited exceptions may be approved by your care team.

Patients in this unit may have up to two visitors at a time.

A labor support person is someone who continuously stays in the Labor & Delivery room to provide emotional and physical support to the birthing person. We welcome 1-3 individuals to be labor support people. We recognize that some may desire additional support people and we can make accommodations in these instances if space and clinical situation allows. Support person(s) should be 12 years of age or older. If a labor support is younger than 18 years of age, there must be a separate support person present who is 18 years of age or older who can be responsible for the child.

• One (1) support person may remain with the patient their entire postpartum stay until discharged home and is not considered a visitor.
• All other visitors, including siblings and grandparents, are subject to visiting hours.
• It is important that rooms are not overcrowded in order to protect the privacy and healing environment for patients. Please follow any guidance and instructions from our staff about the need to limit visitors as necessary.

• The birth parent, plus one support person, will receive an infant identification wristband ("banded caregivers") and may visit at any time.
• Either one of the banded caregivers may welcome visitors to the newborn's bedside while they are present during hospital visiting hours (1:00 pm – 8:00 pm).
• Siblings of the newborn may visit during these hours under the supervision of an adult. No other visitors under the age of 18 may visit.
• During visiting hours, there may be up to four (4) people at the newborn's bedside, one of whom must be a banded caregiver.

These visitation guidelines may be altered as needed based on influenza, RSV rates, or any other public health alert.

Each patient is allowed one essential escort. Due to space constraints, escorts cannot wait inside the hospital.

Each patient may have two escorts.

Visitors must make an appointment in advance. Visits last one hour. To make an appointment, please call 617-499-5780.

Patients may have one visitor at a time. Visitors are allowed between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm daily.

Each patient with intellectual and/or physical disabilities may have one (1) essential escort. Essential escorts include:

• Parents or guardians of a minor under the age of 18
• Support people for a patient with dementia or cognitive impairment
• Family members of a patient at the end of life

Support persons assist patients with a disability or those in labor. Designated support persons for patients with intellectual and/or physical disabilities include but are not limited to:

• An essential escort
• A guardian or other legally authorized decision-maker
• A family member, caregiver or personal care assistant
• A disability service provider knowledgeable about the patient's care

Labor support persons stay in the Labor & Delivery or postpartum patient’s room during their hospital say.

Designated and labor/pregnancy support persons do not count as visitors.