Intermediate Care Program
Visiting the Intermediate Care Program (ICP)
If you are a parent or guardian, you can visit your child at any time. Your child's grandparents can also visit any time.
Other family members and friends can visit during our regular visiting hours - noon to 8 p.m. We may limit the number of visitors by your child's bedside.
All visitors must stop at the information desk in the Main Lobby at Children's and identify themselves and the patient they are visiting. An adult must supervise all children visiting a patient at all times. Children, 12 years and younger, will get a sticker that allows them to come up to the unit to visit the patient.
How do I get a visitor ID to visit my child?
Parents/Guardians/Grandparents : You will receive a yellow photo identification (ID) badge, which distinguishes parents and guardians from other hospital visitors. Only parents/guardians/grandparents are allowed to be in the hospital after 8 p.m.
Parent ID badges are given out at the front desk in the Main Lobby between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily. After 4 p.m., parents will be issued a temporary paper ID until the next day.
Information on our Parents ID system is available at the information desk in the Main Lobby.
Other Adults: Friends and family members who are suffering from, or have been exposed to, any contagious diseases, such as a cold or chicken pox, should not visit the hospital.
If friends and family members are healthy, they must check-in at the information desk in the Main Lobby at Children's and identify themselves and the patient they are visiting.
Children/Siblings: Visitors under age 12 must be screened for exposure to any known contagious diseases, such as chicken pox or measles. Visiting children will be given a dinosaur sticker to be worn at all times when they are in the hospital to show they have been screened.
Do I have to wear a gown when I visit my child?
Some patients at Children's need special protection from germs. Some patients have germs that others can catch.
In these cases, staff and visitors may have to wear gowns - and sometimes masks - and pay special attention to hand washing. This is called "precautions."
To prevent the spread of germs, we also ask that you do not touch any child but your own.
Your child's nurse will explain precautions to you. If you have questions, ask your child's nurse to explain.
