- Patient visitors may be accepted in intensive care units.
- However, a visit restriction may be imposed by the physician taking into account the patient’s condition.
- Since the admission of a large number of visitors at the same time may pose a risk to patient health and safety, the number of visitors is decided by the physician on the basis of the intensive care unit.
- In Adult Intensive Care Unit; visitors can be admitted 3 times in 24 hours (at 11:00 – 16:00 and 20:00) and when the physician deems appropriate.
In neonatal intensive care unit, visitors may be allowed during each breastfeeding and at times and durations deemed appropriate by the physician. - During visits, it is essential to take the necessary precautions to ensure patient safety and not to disrupt the follow-up and treatment of intensive care patients. For this reason, visitors must be admitted to intensive care wards in a certain order, accompanied by the health personnel on duty, in a manner that does not disturb and disturb other patients.
- The duration of the visit should be limited to the shortest reasonable and possible time. In the meantime, the patient’s relatives shall be informed about the patient’s condition in an understandable manner by the relevant healthcare personnel.
- Visitors must be trained by the healthcare personnel designated by the ward physician before the intensive care patient visit.
- Visitors should not come into contact with patients and patient care materials other than their own.
- Those who have an infectious disease or who are known to have had recent contact with someone who has an infectious disease, cough, sneezing, sore throat and runny nose
- Children under the age of ten (10) should not be admitted as visitors to the adult intensive care unit, except in very special cases, as they may have difficulty in the use of personal protective equipment.
- Neonatal intensive care In cases where there is an increase in the frequency of infectious diseases in the community, visitor restrictions may be imposed by the hospital administration.
- Visitors must comply with the isolation rules determined by the infection control board when entering the areas where isolation measures are taken. During the visit, measures are taken to protect patient privacy.
- Visiting and accompaniment rules are posted in the relevant areas, on the web page and in the patient and visitor guide in patient rooms.
- Children under 12 years of age are at higher risk of infection in hospital environments than adults, so it is inconvenient and forbidden for them to visit patients.
- Care will be taken to ensure that visits do not exceed 15 minutes.
After the visit time is over and during the visit, the wards will be checked by the responsible staff and the visitors will be asked to vacate the wards. - Preliminary information about the patient’s condition will be given by the nurses on the relevant floor.
- If necessary, the patient’s physician will be contacted by the patient’s relatives who want to learn about the patient’s condition.
- If the physician cannot be found, no medical information about the patient will be given.
- If the patient’s relatives have flu or other illnesses, they are informed about the method of protection.
- In cases that may be inconvenient for the patient, the visit depends on the physician’s permission. This situation is notified to the patient’s nurse.
- Information about visitor restrictions is communicated to visitors by the nurse.
Visitors are not accepted in cases that may cause inconvenience for patients and isolated patients, and protective measures for visitors and patients are taken with the help of the relevant nurse and staff in mandatory cases. - Unless there is any sanitary and medical inconvenience, inmates and convicts hospitalized in institutions may be visited for 10 minutes once a week in accordance with the
- Prison Regulation. siblings over the age of three (3) may be allowed to visit the current service, accompanied by their parents.
- It is ensured that visitors do not enter the patient’s room with more than two people for each patient.
- Visitors are warned by the staff not to sit on the beds and not to come into contact with hospital equipment.
It is ensured by the staff that visitors do not enter the nurse’s desk. - Patient files are kept by the nurse out of the reach of visitors during visiting hours in terms of information security.
- For the health of our patients, smoking is strictly forbidden in the entire hospital building.
- Outside of visiting hours, the first-degree relatives of emergency hospitalized patients will be allowed to visit the patient within the time deemed appropriate in line with the information of the patient’s physician and nurse.
