Visiting Hours and Policies

Making visitors feel welcome.

Visitors can be an important and supportive part of the healing process for many patients. Family and friends are welcome to visit patients hospitalized at Central DuPage Hospital.

Please note that different hospital units have their own visiting hours and policies. These policies were developed to maintain the health and safety of all patients at Central DuPage Hospital. If you are visiting, kindly be respectful of these policies.

From time to time, a member of our nursing staff may ask visitors to leave for a brief time so that we can attend to the patient’s needs. You may wish to spend time in one of our visitors’ lounges or get something to eat.

With Visitors, Patients’ Needs Come First

While well-meaning family and friends can be a source of support and comfort to patients hospitalized at Central DuPage Hospital, there may be times when it’s better to not have visitors. The patient may want to rest, or may need privacy for a procedure. Please understand that the needs of our patients come first and foremost.

Each unit has general visiting hours, as posted. However, visiting policies may be individualized based upon a patient’s specific physical, social, emotional or spiritual needs.

Check the visiting hours for each unit.

Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Care Unit (ICU and CCU)

Patients in the ICU and CCU have serious and sometimes life-threatening medical needs that could be jeopardized by too many visitors. Therefore, we can only permit immediate family and clergy to visit patients in the ICU or CCU. If you are not an immediate family member but feel strongly about visiting a patient in ICU or CCU, please contact the nursing station directly at ICU (630) 933-2940 or CCU (630) 933-3940 to discuss your situation.

Women and Children’s

At the Women and Children's entrance, family and other visitors must check in at the Guest Services desk, which is staffed at all times of the day or night.

The birth of a baby is a happy occasion that draws visitors. To protect the health of our newborns, the only children under age 12 allowed on the mother and baby unit are siblings of the newborn. Children over age 12 who are not siblings also may visit.

Take a Break

Even visitors need a break every now and then. We invite you to relax in one of our visitors’ lounges. Lounges are located on every floor of Central DuPage Hospital, near the "C" elevators.

You’ll also find lounges near the hospital’s main lobby and at the the East Entrance.