Akron Children’s Hospital is taking steps to reduce the spread of COVID-19. We are:
- Providing disposable surgical masks to all visitors and Akron Children’s employees upon entering a facility. We ask that patients and families wear masks while at any Akron Children's facility, except for kids under 2 or those with sensory issues.
- Promoting social distancing in our facilities with signs and floor markings.
- Limiting visitors.
Hospital visits:
- Up to 4 healthy adults may accompany patients in all hospital settings, except as noted below.
- Visitors must be 18 or older unless the visitor is the parent/guardian of a patient.
- Siblings and other children are not permitted.
Emergency Department:
- Patients may now be accompanied by 2 visitors.
- All visitors must be 18 or older unless the visitor is the parent/guardian of a patient.
- Other children, including siblings, are not permitted.
Note that additional restrictions may apply in our intensive care units, the burn unit, maternal-fetal medicine and hematology/oncology floor.
