Visiting Hours & Policies
Visitation is available at any time, Monday through Sunday.
Visiting hours may vary by unit. The Women and Infants Pavilion have specific visiting hours, please check below prior to your visit.
Updated: April 1, 2026— Please check back often as information may change. The hospital’s visitor policy has been updated in accordance with the California Department of Public Health. Please review these guidelines prior to your visit.
Visitors are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that supports a safe and healing environment. Disruptive, disorderly, or unsafe behavior is not permitted. If hospital staff determine that a visitor is interfering with care, failing to follow infection‑control practices, or posing a risk to the health or safety of patients, staff, or others, the visitor will be required to leave the hospital premises.
Visitation Safety Measures
The safety of our patients and staff are AVMC’s top priority. To help minimize the spread of infection, safety measures remain in place.
- When not on respiratory (RSV, Flu, COVID) season, healthy children must be 2 years of age or older and must be accompanied by an adult. Limit to 1 (one) child under the age of 16 years old per patient up to thirty (30) minutes for safety and infection control reasons.
- Masks are optional, however visitors showing any respiratory symptoms (i.e. cough, fever, runny nose, and/or sore throat) should wear a mask and in some cases may be restricted from visiting.
- If visiting an isolated patient, additional personal protective equipment (PPE) will be required and provided by the hospital. Please see the patient's nurse for further guidance.
- Visitors need to go directly to the patient room and must wear a current room-specific ID badge issued by Security, visible on their upper chest, at all times, please do not wander the hallways.
- Due to limited space, we ask only get-well cards, be provided during your loved ones' hospital stay.
Quiet Time
Quiet time supports the healing process. To help patients rest more comfortably, manage pain, and recover more quickly, AVMC observes Quiet Hours from 2:00pm - 4:00pm and 9:00pm - 4:00am. During this time, we ask everyone to help maintain a calm and restful environment by:
- Using indoor voices
- Keeping calls brief and off speaker
- Setting phones to silent or vibrate
- Use headphones at a low volume for videos/music
- Respecting our quiet hours
Visitation Policy
All visitors must check‑in at the security desk before visiting a patient. All visitors must display their visitor pass at chest level at all times.
- When the Main Hospital entrance closes, from 8:00PM to 5:30AM, visitors will go to the Emergency Department (ED) entrance to receive their visitor pass and get directions on how to proceed to the inpatient unit the patient is on.
- 2 – 3 visitors in the room at a time. Small groups of visitors can wait and rotate in the waiting room outside the unit. Large groups of visitors must rotate from the waiting room to outside of the hospital. Number of visitors per patient may vary by department and may be restricted based on patient needs. Nighttime visitation is limited to one to two (1-2) visitors per patient.
- Visitors wanting to visit during the night are limited to one (1) visitor per patient and needs to be respectful when there are other patients in the room.
- Visitors may be asked to leave the room when patients receive care or treatment.
- Visitors must wear shirt, pants and shoes at all times.
- Visitors are prohibited from smoking, vaping, marijuana use or chewing tobacco on hospital property.
- Visitors are prohibited from bringing any contraband items, such as alcohol, drugs, or weapons into the hospital.
- Visitors may not sit or lie down on patient beds, use patient bathrooms, or other in‑room facilities due to infection‑control concerns.
- Videography, photography, filming and audio recording of any kind are strictly prohibited unless prior authorization has been granted.
- Service animals are allowed to visit patient rooms for short periods of time and must be accompanied by the visitor at all times. They are permitted as long as the animal is not harmful to patients or won’t interfere with treatment.
Women and Infants Pavilion - Visitor Guidelines
Visitation is available at any time, Monday through Sunday for parents/guardians. General visiting hours are from 9:00AM to 9:00PM
- All visitors must wear a current room-specific ID badge issued by Security, visible on their upper chest, at all times.
- Visitors may not wear scrubs due to infant security.
- Anyone who is sick or has symptoms of a respiratory infection may not visit.
- When respiratory (RSV, Flu, COVID) season restrictions are in effect, no one under the age of 16 years old may visit. Respiratory season is between November 1st to March 31st.
- When not on seasonal restrictions, visitors must be over 16 years of age or the sibling of the newborn. Siblings may visit when accompanied by an adult.
- One adult visitor (18 years or older) will be allowed to stay overnight.
- Mothers who are in isolation can have visitors. If visiting an isolated mother, additional personal protective equipment (PPE) will be required and provided by the hospital. Please see the patient's nurse for further guidance.
AVMC appreciates the public’s understanding, as we balance our patients’ needs for emotional support, and the need to stop the spread of infection. Please call the hospital at (661) 949-5000 to inquire about a patient.
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