Special Care Nursery at Washington Hospital

Important Change to Hospital Visitation Policy

Effective October 19, 2009, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital will no longer allow non-patient visitors or family members under the age of 16 years to visit in the hospital. This policy will be in effect during the height of the flu season, usually lasting until spring, and will be re-evaluated at that time. Learn more about the visitation policy change / Lea más acerca del cambio en las normas de visitas.

 

Location Washington Township Hospital 2000 Mowry Avenue Fremont, CA 94538

Phone: (510) 745-6574  Fax: (510) 791-5313

Services Overview

Take a virtual tour of the Washington Special Care Nursery. The Special Care Nursery at Washington Hospital is a nine-bed intermediate intensive care nursery owned and operated by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

The Special Care Nursery provides ongoing care for infants with:

• Respiratory disease requiring hood or nasal cannula
• Special metabolic needs, including hypoglycemia 
• Suspected or confirmed sepsis 
• Hyperbilirubinemia requiring either phototherapy and/or exchange transfusion

The Special Care Nursery provides nutritional consultations and therapies (e.g. total parenteral nutrition) and resuscitation and stabilization of infants in preparation for transport to Level III unit.

Associated Faculty

• Pramela Ramachandran, MD (Medical Director)
• Dushyant Oza
• Maha Malak-Hanna, MD 

Related Information

• Visiting Hours and Guidelines
• Driving Directions and Map