Lancaster General Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center visitor policies
Visiting hours
As you visit, thank you for being sensitive to our patients’ need for rest — an important part of the recuperation and healing process.
We offer 24-hour open visitation, with preferred visiting hours from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Children must have adult supervision, and children younger than 12 are kindly restricted from visiting the following units:
- 5 Lime-left (Trauma Neurological Unit). Immediate family only. No visitors between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. and 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., please.
- 6 Lime-left (Medical ICU) & 6 Lime-right (Surgical ICU). Only one quiet visitor by the bedside is allowed between 2 and 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
- 6 North (Intermediate Intensive Care Unit). Preferred visiting hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
If you have questions or concerns, please call 717-544-5511.
Masking guidelines
Patients, visitors, and staff are not required to wear masks in our hospitals.
Anyone who wants to wear a mask is welcome to do so. If you have a cough, runny nose, or other respiratory symptoms, you must wear a surgical mask while inside Penn Medicine facilities. We encourage people with weakened immune systems to continue to wear masks.
Our guidelines may change in response to increases in respiratory illnesses in our region.