11/21/2025
Flu and other respiratory viruses have been making the rounds. In order to best protect patients, visitors and team members, updated visitation guidelines will begin on Tuesday, Dec. 2, for IU Health Bedford, IU Health Bloomington, IU Health Morgan and IU Health Paoli.
The updated guidelines for hospital-based departments including Adult Inpatient Units, Emergency department, Infusion Center, Radiology and Surgery/Procedural areas are as follows:
• Visitors younger than 18 will not be permitted. All visitors must be 18 years or older.
• Any persons who have fever, cough, chills, muscle aches or other flu-like symptoms may not visit patients.
• Masking is recommended at certain times when respiratory illness levels are very high.
• Some units may have further guidelines or requirements.
• IU Health reserves the right to adjust visitation based on ongoing outbreaks of pathogens of concern.
*Procedural Areas: Surgical Services, Catheter Lab, Interventional Radiology, Endoscopy, Minor Procedures.
The following guidelines will apply to hospital-based Perinatal and Pediatric units:
• NICU: Visitors and siblings under age 4 are not permitted to visit the NICU.
• NICU: *Siblings ages 4 – 17 are permitted to visit the NICU while accompanied by an adult during regular visiting hours (8 am – 9 pm daily). Non-siblings are not allowed to visit.
• NICU: Siblings will undergo a health screening upon entering the NICU before being permitted onto the unit.
• NICU: Siblings should have designated supervision when a parent/support person is holding or caring for the patient.
• Pediatrics, Labor & Delivery, Post Partum, OB ED: Siblings under age 18 are permitted to visit while accompanied by an adult.
• Pediatrics, Labor & Delivery, Post Partum: may have up to 4 visitors at one time.
• Pediatrics, Labor & Delivery, Post Partum: may have one visitor spend the night and must be designated upon admission.
*Sibling: any individual under 18 (related or unrelated) living in same household as patient.
Other units may have further restrictions. IU Health reserves the right to adjust visitation based on ongoing outbreaks of pathogens of concern.
Thank you for helping us keep our patients, visitors and team members safe.
