Visitor Guidelines

We ask visitors to follow these guidelines to ensure that the patient environment remains safe, calm and supportive of healing.

• Plan to visit during regular visiting hours.
• Two (2) visitors per bedside.
• Please cooperate with all requests from hospital staff. There may be times when visitors are asked to temporarily leave a patient's room or change locations while a patient is being attended to. However, visitation will never be denied based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical appearance or disability.
• No smoking.
• Children under 10 years of age must be given special permission by the nurse in charge to visit the particular unit.
• Children, for their safety, need to
  - Be always under adult supervision and exhibit quiet, calm behavior.
  - Be well and healthy.
  - Limit their visiting time.
  - Visit in a designated area, if asked.
• Safeguard your valuables, such as purses.
• Protect and respect the privacy of all patients.
• Be sensitive to the patient's condition (and their roommate's) and limit the visit accordingly.
• Speak quietly and help limit noise.
• Do not bring any electrical appliance into the hospital.
• Check whether cell phone use is permitted in your area, as they may interfere with medical equipment.
• Follow staff instructions in times of emergency or special alert.
• Be aware that Montefiore Medical Center reserves the right to inspect bags and packages being brought into or removed from one of its hospitals.