Overnight Stays
Safety Overnight
Only two parents/guardians may be in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center after 8:30 pm. There's room for one person to sleep in the room.
We have special safety policies for the protection of everyone in the hospital overnight. Parents and guardians staying
overnight are given an ID bracelet to wear. Entrances to most buildings are locked, and access to patient floors is limited.
Getting the Sleep You Need
We encourage families to sleep during the night. Remember, your health is important, too. In addition to the sleep chair in your child's room, we have seven parent sleep rooms. Below are guidelines for using these rooms. Your child's nurse can give you more details.
- Only two people per child can stay in the hospital overnight. Others will need to go home or may request a room at the Ronald McDonald House, 513-636-7642.
- We cannot guarantee a sleep room to any family
- Sleep rooms are assigned first come, first served, according to these priorities:
- Parents of newly admitted children
- Parents who have been here and were not assigned a room the night before
- Parents who were assigned a room the night before
Room keys are given out at 6 pm for six of the sleep rooms. The last room is reserved until 11 pm for late admissions, then assigned as usual. Only one room will be assigned per family. Parents who have a room at the Ronald McDonald House will be assigned a hospital sleep room only if there are vacancies after 11 pm Room keys must be returned to the receptionist by noon the next day. At that time, parents can sign up for the next night. Rooms are cleaned between 1 and 3 pm Children under age 18 may not spend the night in the hospital
