General Guidelines for Visitors
The DeKalb Medical hospital system is smoke-free.
Please limit your visits to 15 to 20 minutes.
Patients may receive a maximum of two visitors at the same time.
Please do not enter a room when the "No Visitors" sign is displayed.
Children under the age of 6 are not permitted in any part of the hospitals except in the main lobby areas, where they are to be accompanied by a responsible adult. Exceptions include the maternity areas.
For the protection of others, persons with colds, influenza, vomiting, diarrhea or other contagious illnesses are asked not to visit patients unless special permission is granted by the physician or the nurse caring for the patient. Visiting Hours
DeKalb Medical
2701 North Decatur Road, Decatur
General: 10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. (daily)
Intensive Care Unit: Only immediate family members may visit patients in the ICU. No children under age 12 are permitted. A maximum of two visitors are allowed at one time. To receive a status report on a patient’s condition, you may call 404.501.1412 and leave a message with your name and contact information.
Maternity Center: Visitation is permitted 24 hours a day according to the laboring patient’s preference. Siblings of any age with adult supervisions may visit, but all other children must be 12 years of age or older.
Mother-Baby Unit: Fathers or primary support persons have unlimited visiting hours. General visiting hours for others are 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Siblings may visit during the general visiting hours but should have adult supervision at all times. All other children must be 12 years of age or older.
Intensive Care Nursery / Special Care Nursery: Parents are asked to call their baby’s nurse before each visit so the staff members can plan their care to allow parents the best possible visit. Visits from others are only allowed with parental permission. Generally, visiting hours are 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., and 8 p.m. - 7 a.m.
Pediatric Patients: A child is considered a pediatric patients if under 13 years of age or younger and not admitted to the hospital as a newborn. Parents may stay with the child at all times and are encouraged to participate in the child’s care.
PACU and Continuing Care Area: Visitors are not allowed in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU).
Inpatient Rehabilitation: 5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m., Monday – Friday; 4 p.m. – 9 p.m., Saturdays; 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Sundays and holidays.
Behavioral Health Services (General Psychiatry and Substance Detoxification): 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Monday – Friday; 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., weekends and holidays. No children under age 14 are permitted to visit at any time. Please call 404.501.1800 or 404.501.2883 if you have questions regarding a patient’s condition. Please note that law maintains that you must have the patient’s confidential ID number for phone contact or visitation with a patient on this unit. |