VISITATION AND COMPANION POLICY

COMPANION POLICY

• In inpatient clinics, only 1 companion can stay with the patient. The second companion is required to pay the fee. Only food service is provided to the second companion.

• There is only one companion armchair in each patient room. It is set by the unit contact in the evening and gathered in the morning.

• Companions may assist the patient's care to the extent permitted.

• It is not allowed to have a companion in intensive care units.

• The patients' diets are specific to them. It is not allowed to bring food, beverage or fruit to the hospital.

• Cell phones should be set to silent mode in the hospital.

• It is forbidden to throw trash on the ground.

• Smoking is prohibited in the hospital.

• It is not appropriate to speak loudly in the patient’s room.

• Except for the meals given by the hospital, nothing should be eaten or drunk near the patient.

• Visitors should not sit on patient beds.

• The hospital materials such as IV drip and oxygen manometer should not be touched.

• Companions should pay attention to hand hygiene.

• The room and the belongings of the patient should be kept clean and should not be damaged.

• Suggestions should be reported to the nurse in charge of the service or written in the surveys in the suggestion box.

VISITATION POLICY

• Visiting hours in our hospital are from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm everyday. (Visiting hours may vary in intensive care units.)

• The duration of the visitation should take a short time. (preferably 10-15 minutes)

• There should not be more than two visitors per patient.

• Visitors should not sit on patient beds.

• The hospital materials such as IV drip and oxygen manometer should not be touched

• Visitors should pay attention to hand hygiene.

• It is not appropriate to speak loudly in the patient’s room.

• It is not appropriate to eat or drink near the patient.

• Gifts that can be brought to patients can be books, flowers or cologne

• Other patients should not be disturbed during the visit and unnecessary questions should not be asked.

• Patient privacy must be respected.

• During the visitation, demoralizing words and behaviors should be avoided.

• Unnecessary and persistent visitation requests should not be made besides visiting hours.

• At the end of the visiting hour, the hospital should be left without waiting for the warnings of the staff.

• Children under the age of 12 should not be brought to visit, considering their health.

• The department/service nurse may limit the number of visitors or visiting hours

• considering the situation of the patient himself/herself or other patients with whom he/she shares his/her room.

• The patients' diets are specific to them. It is not allowed to bring food, beverage or fruit to the hospital.

• Cell phones should be set to silent mode in the hospital.

• It is forbidden to throw trash on the ground.

• Smoking is prohibited in the hospital.

• If possible, the patient should not be visited on the day of surgery.

• The room and the belongings of the patient should be kept clean and should not be damaged.

• Suggestions should be reported to the nurse in charge of the service or written in the surveys in the suggestion box.

• The flowers you bring to the patients are kept in an appropriate area by the department responsible.