Visitor Guidelines in Place to Help Keep Everyone Safe

Sometimes it is necessary for Nationwide Children’s to take extra precautions to protect the health of patients, their visitors and staff. Here’s what to expect when our visitor restrictions are in place in certain areas of the hospital.

Inpatient Care

• Parents/guardians of minors and patients 18 years of age and over will be asked to identify up to four additional people, 12 years of age and older, they wish to visit during their stay.
• It does not matter what the relationship is to the patient (grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling or support person, etc.). The four names given will be listed in the patient’s medical record. Only the four visitors listed will be able to visit the patient for the duration of visitor guidelines. The two visitors cannot be changed.
• Visitors under 18 years of age will not be able to access the unit, including the waiting rooms, playrooms and family lounges.

We know visitor guidelines can make it hard for families to keep in touch with patients staying at Nationwide Children’s, but there are ways to keep in touch:

1. Send an eCard! These get delivered directly to our patients.
2. Visitors can call the Gift Shop and purchase a Family Gift Card to be delivered to patients.
3. Inpatients at our main campus location have access to the Internet through our Patient Edutainment system, so siblings, family and friends can use social media to stay in touch!

Our number one priority is to make sure children in our care avoid exposure to the illnesses circulating in the community. Your questions and feedback are important to us. Please do not hesitate to speak with your care team about these visitor guidelines.