Family-Centered Care

We encourage the participation of family and friends in your care. Your loved ones may assist with personal hygiene, meals and your activity schedule at any time that is convenient. Let your nurse know if you would like a family member or friend to assist with your care.

Visiting Hours

General Visiting Hours
11 am to 8 pm. Children under the age of 12 are allowed to visit only if an adult accompanies them.

Maternity
Husbands, parents, siblings and support persons may visit at any time. Other visitors are welcome during general visiting hours.

Pediatrics
Parents and grandparents may visit at any time. Siblings are welcome from 8 am to 11 pm.

Critical Care
Critical care patients should be visited only for short periods of time. Visitors are required to use the intercom in the waiting room to check with the nurse prior to entering the critical care area. Due to the nature of ICU/CCU patient care, children are generally not allowed to visit in these areas.

For health reasons, flowers and plants may not be received in the Critical Care Department.

A Few Guidelines for Visitors

Because the care of our patients is our primary concern, we ask that your visitors observe a few hospital rules.

1. No more than two visitors should be with a patient at any given time.
2. Visitors are asked to make personal calls from the public phones located throughout the hospital near waiting rooms and in the lobby.
3. For infection control reasons, visitors are asked not to use bathrooms in patient rooms. Public restrooms are located near the elevators on each floor.
4. Children must not be left unattended in the lobby, cafeteria or in any of the waiting rooms.
5. For added security, all visitors after 8 pm wear visitor badges.
6. Due to interference with certain biomedical equipment, cell phone use is prohibited in most areas of the hospital.

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Message to Visitors

Hand hygiene is the single most important way of preventing infection. Physicians and all healthcare workers are encouraged to cleanse their hands between every patient contact. You, as a visitor, can also help prevent infection in the hospital through hand hygiene. Please help us keep our hospital clean by cleansing your hands at the following times:

• Before visiting a patient, especially if the patient has a weakened immune system (e.g., oncology)
• After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose
• After using the restroom
• Before and after eating
• After handling a patient’s flowers or plants
• After visiting a patient in isolation, even if gloves are worn
• An alcohol-based hand rub may be used to clean the hands when hands are not visibly soiled. These are found in the patient’s room.

Handwashing can also keep YOU safe from colds, flu and gastric upsets since many viruses are passed from hand to hand. Do not be afraid to remind members of the healthcare team to cleanse their hands.

For further information on what you can do to prevent infection please see Preventing Infections.

Visitor Illness

If you or any other visitor have symptoms of undiagnosed rash, or sore throat, please avoid patient contact until symptoms have resolved. Children, especially, can carry many different viruses to compromise patients.

Isolation

There are many times when patients may need to be placed in isolation. This is done to prevent the passing of infection from one patient to another. Depending on the reason for isolation, you may be asked to wear a mask, gown or gloves, or perhaps all of them when visiting. Check with a nurse to clarify the specific requirements for isolation. Please help us by following our isolation rules, and remember to wash your hands after leaving an isolation room.

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Visitor Dining

Visitors may take their meals to a patients room or dine in the Creekside Café, located on the first floor of the West Pavilion, just past the gift shop. When taking food out of the dining room we request that all beverages and food items be covered. This protects against spills in the hallways and helps us to maintain a safe environment in the hospital.

Cafeteria Hours are as Follows:
Monday through Friday
Night Shift — 2:30 am –4:30 am
Breakfast — 7:00 am –10:00 am
Lunch and Dinner — 11:00 am–7:30 pm (Hot entrees available 11–2 pm and 5–7 pm)

Saturday
7:30–10:00 am, 1:00 am–2:00 pm & 5:00 pm –7:30 pm

Sunday
7:30–10:00 am, 1:00 am–2:00 pm & 4:30 pm–7:30 pm

Vending machines are located in the cafeteria and are accessible 24 hours a day for visitor convenience during hours of limited cafeteria service.

Gift Shop and Cart

The hospital gift shop, located in the main lobby, sells a variety of cards, magazines, flowers, candy, toiletries and gifts. You may purchase items from a gift cart, which is wheeled to patient rooms once a week, or you may order items by dialing 6110.

Gift Shop Hours are as Follows:
Weekdays — 9:30 am to 7:30 pm
Weekends — 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Volunteers staff the gift shop; all proceeds benefit Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

Plants and Flowers
For health reasons, flowers and plants may not be received in the Critical Care Department. A volunteer can help you water your plants and flowers during your stay in other units.

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