Visiting Admitted Patients at ADK Hospital
- We strongly recommend your adherence to current hospital policy of mandatory mask use within hospital.
- Refrain from visiting patients if you are unwell (COVID/non-COVID related symptoms). This is to protect and ensure the safety of our patients who are already unwell from additional illnesses, as they may take longer to recover.
- Ensure to sanitize the hand while entering and leaving the patient unit using the hand-rub at the entrance of the unit.
PRIVATE ROOMS:
- A care-taker is allowed to stay with the patient at all times in the room.
- Private rooms do not have a specific visiting period. We recommend a no-visitor period from 10:00pm to 8:00am to allow adequate rest for the patient.
- It is highly advisable to refrain from having more than 4 individuals in the room at a given time.
- Visitors are recommended to leave the room during patient assessments, doctors’ rounds, wound dressings and other clinical care timings.
- Refrain from sitting on patients’ bed and minimize contact with patients’ immediate surroundings.
WARDS:
- A care-taker is allowed to stay with the patient at all times in the cubicle/room.
- Visiting period is between 18:00 – 20:00 hrs.
- Visitors are recommended to leave the cubicle/room during patient assessments, doctors’ rounds, wound dressings and other clinical care timings.
- Refrain from sitting on patients’ bed and minimize contact with patients’ immediate surroundings.
CRITICAL CARE AREAS:
- A care-taker is usually not allowed to stay with the patient.
- Two visiting periods are allowed. Morning 10:00 - 11:00 hrs and Evening 18:00 - 20:00 hrs.
- One visitor is allowed inside the patient unit at a time
- A maximum of 2 visitors per day, in addition to designated family guardian, will be allowed.
- Street footwear is prohibited inside critical care areas. Visitors are advised to use slippers available on shelf labelled as “clean slippers”.
- Use of mobile phones inside these areas are restricted.
- If a family member would like to take a photo/video of the patient, they must do so with prior specific permission from the staff. Please be aware that such requests may/may not always be granted.
- Specific infection control practices maybe practiced in some of the critical care areas. Use of gowns, head cover, etc. while entering to specific maybe advised as additional infection control measures.
- To minimize the risk of infection transmission, minimize the time frame you spend with the patient to no more than 10 minutes.
Exceptions/Exemptions:
- Special visitation arrangement maybe arranged on compassionate grounds.
- Children under 12 years are not allowed as visitors. However, compassionate visiting will be allowed.
- Very young patients and patients with specific special needs may be allowed to keep one family member with patient even in critical care areas.
- During Ramadan visiting hours is 16:00-18:00 hrs.