Visitor Guidelines - Franciscan Health Olympia Fields

Visitor Guidelines - Franciscan Health Olympia Fields
Visitor Guidelines - Franciscan Health Olympia Fields

Current Visitor Guidelines

Updated April 1, 2025

Visiting hours are 8:30AM to 8PM. All hospital visitors must obtain a pass at the Information Desk in the main lobby before going to your room.

We ask that:

  • Visitors to adult units be 14 years of age or older. Visitors to the Family Birth Center who are under the age of 18 are limited only to the siblings of the new baby.
  • You have only two visitors in your room at a time.
  • Children must not be left unattended in lobby areas.
  • Visitors must check with the nurse when visiting any patient with Isolation Precaution signs outside their room. Visitors must also wear all personal protective equipment (PPE).

Visiting Hours

Visiting hours for most units are 8:30AM to 8PM. Please note visiting hours are a general guideline. ln some instances, it is in the best interest of our patients to limit visiting hours to allow patients to heal. In these cases, we respectfully request your cooperation.

Visiting hours in our specialty areas are as follows

General Medical/Surgical Units & Rehabilitation: Visitors are limited to two persons at any time and must be at least 14 years of age. Hours are 8:30AM to 8PM.

Outpatient Surgery: Family is permitted any time before or after surgery.

Family Birth Center: Fathers/labor support may visit 24 hours a day. Guests may visit from 8:30AM to 8PM. May have up to three (3) visitors at a time. Visitors under the age of 18 are limited only to the siblings of the new baby. Visitors to the Special Care Nursery must be 18 years of age or older. Exceptions to the guidelines will be evaluated and made at the discretion of hospital administration or their designee.

Critical Care Units: Visiting is restricted to two persons in the room and two persons in the waiting room for each patient during visiting hours from 8:30AM to 8PM. Children under 14 may only visit with permission from the nurse.

Quiet Hour: To help foster a better healing environment for our patients, visitors are asked to observe a “Quiet Hour” in patient units. Some hours vary by unit but 1:30PM to 2:30PM is the common quiet hour.