General Visitor Information

At Mt Graham Regional Medical Center, we welcome visitors of family and friends. We recognize that encouragement and love is vital to the healing process. However, due to the severity and lenght of the recent flu seasons, we request that no one under the age of 12 come to visit patients. Below we have listed the guidelines for our different departments:

Regular Visiting Guidelines

We no longer adhere to strict visiting hours in the Medical/Surgical department. We allow visitors to come and go at times that are comfortable with both the patient and the visitor. We do ask that you be respectful of other patients when visiting, especially during hours normally reserved for sleep. In some instances there can be instructions provided by the patient's physician which can limit visiting time for a patient.

Intensive Care Unit Visiting Guidelines

There are very few limitations on visiting the ICU area of our hospital, but the few that we have are adhered to strictly.

IMMEDIATE FAMILY ONLY IN THE ICU.
ONLY 2 VISITORS AT A TIME PER PATIENT.
VISITORS ONLY ALLOWED WITH PERMISSION OF PHYSICIAN AND ICU STAFF.
WE ASK THAT VISITORS NOT COME BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7-9 A.M. AND 6-8 P.M.

All other hours are open upon approval of the physician.

We appreciate your compliance with these guidelines. When visiting the ICU, we request that you call from the phone located in the ICU waiting area per the instructions posted on the wall. The ICU waiting area is located on the north side of the hall in front of the entrance to the ICU.

We recognize the fine line between patient safety and a patient's need for support and companionship. These guidelines were designed to try and meet both.

Obstetrics Visiting Guidelines

Visiting hours for the OB department are between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. We encourage new families to be together. We love to see brothers and sisters welcoming their new sibling into the world. However, due to the high level of RSV in our area, children under 12 are not allowed into OB during the RSV and Flu season. (This is determined by whether we have RSV patients in the hospital. However, RSV season is generally between the months of November to March.) Please check with the hospital prior to visiting on whether our RSV limitations are in place or not.

When visiting the OB department, please come to the entrance and alert the OB staff to your presence by using the phone located just in front of the OB entrance and following the instructions posted on the wall above. Thank you for your cooperation.