Visitor Information

Patient Visitation Policy

The patient care team at Hospital for Special Surgery supports patient visiting as an opportunity for hospitalized patients to stay close to their families and friends. Visitors can play a vital role in healing as well as the continuum of care. Because we are interested in the well being of everyone, our visitor guidelines establish boundaries such that we do not compromise the care, safety and/or privacy of any patient.

Only two adults (14 years and older) are permitted to visit a patient at one time. We encourage visitors with colds, symptoms of the flu, or other infectious diseases to avoid visiting until recovered.

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Hospital professionals will use their best judgment to determine when visitation interferes with their care of the patient and/or their care of other patients. Visitation privileges are not restricted, limited, or otherwise denied on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.

HSS is a smoke-free campus, which means that smoking is not permitted anywhere in and around the Hospital and its facilities. Please ask your visitors to plan appropriately before visiting you during your stay.