RULES FOR VISITORS
What is thepurpose of visiting a patient?
- To meet the needs of the patient from outside (like clothing)
- To ask for the condition of the patien tand give psychological support to the patient
- To get information regarding the patient’s health status from her/his doctor
Patient visit, being a good example of social solidarity, raises the patient’s moral and have a favorable effect on the healing process when made appropriate
What is visitingdaysandhours in ourhospital?
- Everyday,between 12:00-13:30 and 19:00-21:00.
Who can be informedaboutthehealth of thepatient?
- If thepatient is conscious, in formation is given to the patient (himself/herself) or a first degree relative of fered by the patient
- If the patient is unconscious, information is given to a first degree relative of the patient
- If the patient is a child, information is given to the mother or father of the patient.
- Information about patient can not be given to the third person.
Which patients should not be visited?
Patients;
Who are in intensive care unit
Who have contagious disease
Who have immune system dysfunction
Whose visit is considered risky by his/her doctor
(Information about these patients can be obtained from his/her doctor at an appropriate time)
Who should not visit a patient?
- Children under 12 years of age
- People who have complaints line fever, coughing, sneezing or expectorating
- People who have chronic disease
- People who are at risk for infection
What are the points to be considered during a patient visit?
- Please do not insist on visit if your visit is for biden by the physician for special medical conditions.
- Make your visit during the visiting hours.
- Keep your visit times short (preferably 10 minutes)
- It is requested that not more than 2 persons visit a patient at the same time.
- Visitors should not disturb other patients by talking loudly.
- Visitors should not sit on the patients’ beds and touch any place in the hospital.
- Please wash your hands before and after visiting.
- Please do not forget that your actions aiming help for your patient may harm them.
- Do not bring food to the patients and give food and drink to other patients in the room.
- No food or beverage shall be consumed in the room of the patient.
- Please do not disturb other patients and do not ask them curious questions.
- Please show respect to patient’s privacy.
- Please avoid inconvenient facts and statements.
- Do not insist on visits outside the visiting hours.
- At the end of the visiting time leave the patients’ rooms with out warning from the attendants.
Why should not a patient visit be made during night?
- It disturbs the patients who are sleeping
- It is against the rights of the patients
- It affects the security of the hospital adversely