Visiting Guidelines
We welcome parents to stay with their child and encourage children to have visitors. To maintain the healthiest environment possible and to avoid infections please make sure that visitors with a cough, sniffles, sore throat or other symptoms wait until they are well to come visit. Hand-sanitizers are also located throughout the hospital to keep parents and visitors healthy. We appreciate your partnership that enables us to give your child optimal care.
General visiting hours are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Visitors should sign in daily at the information desk and wear their visitor sticker at all times.
- Please wash your hands before and after visiting a child in the hospital, and whenever you leave and return to your child’s room while visiting.
- Visitors under the age of 14 years must be accompanied by an adult and must have proof of up-to-date immunization.
- Patient information is only provided to parents or legal guardians.
- Meals are served at set times each day and snacks are available by asking a member of your care team.
- Breakfast: 8:15-8:45 a.m.
- Lunch: Noon-12:45 p.m.
- Dinner: 4:45-5:45 p.m.
- For the safety of our patients, latex balloons are not permitted at Miller Children’s.
General visiting hours for Intensive Care Units are from 1 – 6:30 p.m.
- Parents must be with any visitor at all times.
- Grandparents may visit any time. In the NICU, grandparents must be accompanied by a parent.
- No more than 2 family members/visitors are allowed at a bedside at one time due to space constraints. Please ask your nurse if you feel you need other arrangements.
- Siblings (3 years through 13 years), must be siblings of the patient and may visit during general visiting hours for short periods of time.
- The environment of the Intensive Care Units may be overwhelming for young children, so let the patient’s nurse know about the arranged visit. The Child Life Department can offer support and prepare the sibling for their first visit. The Child Life Department can be reached at (562) 933-8060.
The health care team at Miller Children’s understands that parents are an integral part of their child’s life and essential to a speedy recovery. In order to take the best care of your child, there may be times that we ask you to step out of your child’s room and into a nearby hallway or seating area. But, keep in mind we will communicate with you as soon as possible and let you know when you can return. We have special parent badges and I.D. bands that will allow you to come in and out of the hospital without checking in each time you visit. Please keep your parent badge and I.D. badge on so that you can move around the hospital with ease. Parents are encouraged to stay with their child as much as they can during the day, but only one parent per child may stay overnight in the room. We have family rooms available for families in our intensive care units. Showers are also available for families. Visitors are very important and can boost the childrens’ spirits. We encourage healthy visitors and siblings to spend time with your child. Your child’s health care team may ask you to limit the number of visitors in your child’s room. Please help us by following our visiting guidelines, which are designed to promote a safe environment where children can get well faster and with fewer complications. We want your hospital visit to go as smoothly as possible, so please share this information with family and friends to help them plan their visit.
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