Medications
During your hospital stay, the nursing staff will only administer medicine approved by your doctor. You should always carry a current list of medications with you. Some prescriptions, vitamins, over the counter medicines or herbal supplements could interfere with other medicines you receive during testing, surgery, or while you are in the hospital. Your doctors and nurses want to keep you safe while you are under their care.

The medicine list should include:

AND include:

AND why you are on these medicines. Please help us help you with your medication plan.

Money & Valuables
Please do not store anything of value in your room. We recommend leaving your valuables at home or ask friends or family members to store them for you. Only bring necessary items, like sleepwear and toiletries. You may also want to bring a few dollars to buy small items. The hospital does not assume responsibilty for the loss of money, jewelry or other valuable personal belongings.

Banking
A Fulton Bank automated teller machine (ATM) is located on the ground floor of the hospital near the cafeteria.

Cafeterias & Other Dining Options
For the convenience of your visitors, Lancaster General Hospital has a full-service cafeteria on the ground floor that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The cafeteria accepts cash only. An ATM is located outside the cafeteria for your convenience. The cafeteria offers a wide range of food and beverages. There is also a coffee cart inside the dining area that sells special coffee and tea drinks. The Skylight Café on the second floor features Starbucks Coffee and assorted snack items. There is a self-service cafeteria with vending machines on the first floor, adjacent to Gifts in General.

At the Lancaster General Health Campus, Today’s Taste Café is located on the third floor and offers breakfast and lunch items. A coffee/tea stand is located in the main lobby and sells beverages and snacks. An ATM is located on the first floor, off the main lobby, near Gifts in General.

The Lancaster General Women & Babies Hospital offers the Great Expectations Café adjacent to Gifts in General. The café features soups, sandwiches, salads, snack items, vending machine items and beverages. 

Newspapers & Reading Materials
Papers are available in vending machines located throughout the hospitals, including adjacent to the gift shops. The gift shops sell additional reading materials.

Mail Service
Flowers, packages and mail are delivered to patient rooms Monday-Friday. In order to reach you faster, it helps if your room number is listed as part of your address. If something arrives for you after you have been discharged, it will be sent to your home address.

Chapel
An interdenominational chapel is available outside the vending area and Gifts in General on the first floor of Lancaster General Hospital. If you or a visitor would like to speak with a chaplain, one is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Tell your nurse or patient representative that you would like to speak with one or call 544-5979.

Cellular Phones
The use of cellular phones by patients and visitors is prohibited within Lancaster General Hospital.

Fire Safety
If you hear a fire alarm, please wait until you are given directions from hospital staff, who are trained to help you with such drills and will advise you on what to do. Do not be disturbed; we often hold fire drills to make sure our staff knows what to do in case of an emergency.

Smoke-free Environment
All Lancaster General facilities are non-smoking. You cannot smoke anywhere inside the facility. If you or a family member smoke and would like help quitting, we offer a smoking cessation program.