In the interest of team member and patient safety, please avoid visiting or accompanying a patient if you are experiencing symptoms of illness. We ask that you wash your hands or use hand sanitizer when entering or leaving a patient’s room. Thank you for helping us protect our patients and team members. If you are experiencing a fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, cold or any recent exposure to a disease you could pass to a patient, you may not visit patient care floors.
Visiting Hours and Restrictions
Visitors Experiencing Symptoms
Visitors can help to lift a patient’s spirits and speed recovery, but hospitalized patients also need plenty of rest. We encourage visitors to observe the guidelines of specific patient care areas. Questions can be directed to the unit’s nurse manager.
General visiting hours: 10 am - 8:30 pm
Surgery Waiting Lounge Hours
Inpatient and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU): Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday & Sunday, 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Outpatient: Monday-Friday, 5 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Masking Update (April 3, 2025)
Please mask when visiting The University of Tennessee Medical Center if you:
- Are experiencing cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, cough, congestion, body aches or sore throat.
Intensive Care Units
- Daytime: 8 a.m.-10 p.m. — Limit daytime visitors to two at a time for safety reasons and patient rest. The two visitors can rotate throughout the day. Children 16 and older are welcome to visit when accompanied by an adult. For the safety of patients and children, those under 16 years old may not visit.
- Overnight: 10 p.m.-8 a.m. — Limit overnight visitors to one per patient. This care partner should stay throughout the night (no rotating with other care partners), and should be able to perform their own activities of daily living (toileting, ambulation, meals, etc.)
Download the ICU Visitors Guide for more information.
Center for Women & Infants
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) — Two visitors, parents or grandparents only; one visitor must be the parent
- Labor & Delivery — Three visitors (aged 16 or older), plus a doula. Only one visitor during triage, Cesarean section or recovery from surgery
- Mother/Baby (3 Heart), Gynecology/Postpartum (4 East) — Four visitors; children aged two or older allowed
Cancer Institute
- Hospitalized Patients — Two designated visitors aged 16 or older; only one designated visitor at a time
- Outpatient Chemo Infusion, Radiation Therapy & Mammogram Appointments — One visitor aged 16 or older
Outpatient Physician Appointments — Two visitors aged 16 or older
