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General Visitation
Guidelines
1.
Visiting hours are from 9:00
a.m until 9:00 p.m. These
hours apply to all patients.
2. A maximum of 2 persons
may be permitted to visit a
patient at any one time.
Critical and/or terminally
ill patients may be allowed
additional visitors if
approved by the physician
and/or the nursing shift
supervisor.
3. No visitation will be at
the patient’s request, the
family’s request, or by a
physician’s order. A sign
will be posted on the door
of the patient’s room. The
nursing staff will be
responsible for notifying
the information desk.
4. An overnight visitor will
be allowed in all private
rooms. The semi-private
rooms may have an overnight
visitor if permitted by the
nursing shift supervisor and
visitor is of the same sex.
This is to allow for the
comfort and privacy of the
other patient in the
semi-private room. It is
recommended that only one
visitor be allowed to stay
overnight with a patient.
Children under the age of 16
should not stay overnight
with a patient.
5. Children under 12 must be
accompanied by an adult at
all times.
6. Dress code for patients
and visitors requires shoes,
shirts and/or housecoats.
7. Visitors must not
interfere with the
activities of the
professional staff. Quiet
should be maintained.
Smoking is prohibited except
in the designated areas
outside of the building.
Visitors should not bring
food to patients unless
permitted to do by the
physician of the nursing
staff.
8. An adult family member is
required to stay with all
pediatric patients under 12
years of age.
9. Visitors are advised to
consider the patient’s need
for rest and limit visits
accordingly.
10. If the visitation rules
are severely abused, the
nursing shift supervisor
should be notified.
Infection Control
Precautions for Patients,
Visitors, and Family
Patients,
visitors and family are at
risk for exposure to
microorganisms when they
visit healthcare facilities.
The following guidelines are
to be followed by all
visitors to minimize the
risk of disease
transmission.
1. Check with the nurse
before entering the room of
any patient with
transmission based
precautions noted on the
door.
2. Follow instructions by
the nursing staff for
prevention of disease
transmission.
3. Avoid handling patient
care equipment unless
trained to do so.
4. Avoid handling of body
secretions unless directly
involved in the patient’s
care and trained to do so.
5. Avoid eating or drinking
from the patient’s tray.
6. Avoid visiting the
hospital when sick with a
communicable disease and
especially during times of
high levels of community
illness.
7. Practice good handwashing.
Visitors should wash their
hands after assisting with
any patient care activity,
after using the restroom and
before eating.
8. Visitors are not
permitted in the operating
room, the post-operative
recovery area, the Central
Processing area, the soiled
utility areas, the linen
service areas, food
preparations areas or the
pantry.
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