PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT VISITOR ENTRY-EXIT RULES INFORMATION FORM
Admission of Visitors to Intensive Care (13.30 –14.30)
If there is no medical problem, with the approval of the patient's physician and the knowledge of the intensive care nurse, the patient's relative will be admitted to the intensive care unit for a limited time. This period is performed once a day between 13.30-14.30, if intensive care is appropriate, and is limited to 10 minutes.
The visitor must be a first degree relative of the patient. If the person is not a first-degree relative, the person who will visit must be approved by the first-degree relative.
When visiting a patient, the patient must be provided with an apron, cap, mask, and wearable hand hygiene hand antiseptic at the entrance. When leaving the intensive care unit, the patient's relative should wash his or her hands again with hand antiseptic.
If the condition of the intensive care unit is not suitable, patient visits may be canceled.
Visitors are limited to one person only.
Who or what is informed about the patient's health?

If the patient is unconscious, the first degree relative is informed.
If the patient is a child, the parent is informed.
No information about the patient is given to third parties.
The patient and the patient's relative have the right to refuse or terminate treatment.
Medical information is provided at the first admission, every day and as needed.
Who should not visit patients?

children under 18
Patients with complaints such as fever, cough, sneezing and sputum production and patients with a known infectious disease,
Patients with any chronic disease,
People who are prone to infection
People with compromised immune systems
What should be considered when visiting a patient?

Patient visits should be made during visiting hours.
Visit duration should be short (preferably 10 minutes).
There should not be more than one visitor at each bedside.
You should not sit on patient beds.
No part should be touched at the bedside or in the hospital environment. To avoid causing infection, other patients and materials around the patient should not be touched.
Treatment materials related to the patient, such as serum sets and oxygen manometers, should not be touched or tampered with.
Visitors who touch anything should immediately clean their hands with hand sanitizer.
No food should be brought to the patient without the permission of the doctor.
Nothing should be eaten or drunk at the bedside.
Other patients should not be disturbed during the visit, and unnecessary and curious questions should not be asked.
Patient privacy must be respected.
During the visit, demoralizing words and behavior should be avoided.
Unnecessary and insistent requests for visits should not be made outside visiting hours.
At the end of visiting hours, the hospital should be left without waiting for the warnings of the staff.
To ensure patient privacy, photographs or videos should not be taken.
The hospital does not provide information about the patient's condition over the phone.
Why should patients not be visited at night?

There are only medical personnel on duty at night, their numbers are small. Visitors keep them busy unnecessarily and reduce the quality of the service.
Patient safety is violated.
Other patients may be uncomfortable. Patient rights are violated.