Mission Hospital Laguna Beach Visitor Policy

Mission Hospital has enhanced our visitor policy. Here are a few important elements:

Visiting Guidelines

Patients have the right to determine who may or may not visit them, and to select a primary
support person. Patients may withdraw from or deny visitation at any time and must be
communicated to the care team.
It is preferable to have no more than two visitors per patient at a time, especially in shared rooms and smaller critical care (ICU) rooms.
Visitation must not be disruptive or impede a healing and respectful environment for another
patient. In these circumstances, visitation may be limited at the discretion of nursing.
Visitors who are ill are asked to refrain from visiting patients, and/or may be asked to practice
respiratory hygiene and wear a mask.

Children

Patients may have children visit with the supervision of an adult. The patient cannot be
responsible for supervising children.
There are no specific age restrictions for child visitors, with the exception of patients in isolation, who may only visit with adult family members. For young children, it is recommended that visitation be tailored to their developmental stage and behavioral abilities.

Special Circumstances

Patients in isolation will be restricted to visits from adult family members and visitation may not be permitted if patients are highly communicable.
On critical care units (CICU, SICU, ICU-LB, RICU), it is preferred that visitation be limited to two
visitors at a time, and one visitor during shift change and quiet time.
In special circumstances, large numbers of visitors will need to visit in rotation.
To protect patient privacy, visitors who should not be privy to confidential patient information
(HIPPA) may be asked to leave the patient’s room during conversations with the care team.
Visitors may be present during a medical procedure upon the request of the patient, if it does not interfere with the procedure and the physician agrees.
Quiet hours are 2 - 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. - 8 a.m. It is encouraged that visitation occurs outside these hours to promote a restful environment. Visitors on premises during quiet hours are required to observe them by maintaining a restful atmosphere by keeping noise to a minimum.

Overnight Visitation

A support person may stay in the patient’s room at night during quiet hours. It must be understood that patient care is the priority, overnight visitation cannot interfere with patient care, and visitors are expected to awaken when patient care begins.
Infants may stay with their mother (the patient) with a supervising adult present who is responsible for the care of the infant, on rare occasions.

Pre-operative/Outpatient Surgery Area/Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)

Family members may visit patients pre and post operatively. Appropriateness is based upon the condition of the patient and surrounding unit activities. Visitation is limited to one visitor for a brief time and must be accompanied by a care team member.

This policy complies with AB 2549 Patient Visitation.

Política relacionada con las visitas
Mission Hospital ha mejorado nuestra política relacionada con las visitas. Estos son algunos aspectos importantes:

REGLAS RELACIONADAS CON LAS VISITAS

Los pacientes tienen derecho a determinar quién puede o no visitarlos, y a seleccionar una persona principal de apoyo. Los pacientes pueden dar por terminada una visita o rechazar la visita de una persona en cualquier momento y esto debe ser comunicado al equipo que atiende al paciente.
Es preferible no tener más de dos visitantes por paciente a la vez, especialmente en habitaciones compartidas y salas más pequeñas de cuidados intensivos (ICU, en inglés).
Los visitantes no deben perturbar la tranquilidad del ambiente, ni impedir que haya un entorno sanador y respetuoso para otros pacientes. En estas circunstancias, se pueden limitar las visitas a discreción de la unidad de enfermería.
A las personas que están enfermas se les pide que no vengan a visitar a los pacientes y/o se les puede pedir que practiquen buenos hábitos de higiene respiratoria y lleven puesta una mascarilla que les cubra la nariz y la boca.

NIÑOS

Los pacientes pueden recibir visitas de niños que estén supervisados por un adulto. El paciente no puede ser responsable de supervisar a los niños.
No hay restricciones específicas de edad para los niños visitantes, con la excepción de los pacientes en aislamiento, que solo pueden recibir visitas de familiares adultos. En el caso de los niños pequeños, se recomienda que las visitas se adapten a su etapa de desarrollo y sus habilidades de comportamiento.

CIRCUNSTANCIAS ESPECIALES

Los pacientes en aislamiento solo pueden recibir la visita de familiares adultos y es posible que no se permitan las visitas si los pacientes tienen enfermedades muy contagiosas.
En las unidades de cuidados intensivos (CICU, SICU, ICU-LB, RICU), es preferible que las visitas se limiten a dos visitantes a la vez, y a un visitante durante el cambio de turno y el período donde se guarda silencio.
En circunstancias especiales, si hay un gran número de visitantes, deberán turnarse para que haya un número reducido de personas al mismo tiempo.
Para proteger la privacidad del paciente, se puede pedir a aquellos visitantes que no estén autorizados a recibir
información confidencial sobre el paciente (HIPPA, en inglés) que salgan de la habitación del paciente durante las conversaciones con el equipo que lo atiende.
Los visitantes pueden estar presentes durante un procedimiento médico si el paciente lo pide, siempre y cuando esto no interfiera con el procedimiento y el médico esté de acuerdo.
Las horas de silencio son de 2 a 4 p.m. y de 8 p.m. a 8 a.m. Se recomienda que las visitas se realicen fuera de este horario para promover un ambiente de descanso. Los visitantes que se encuentren en las instalaciones durante las horas de silencio están obligados a respetar estas reglas, promoviendo un ambiente de descanso y reduciendo al mínimo los ruidos.

VISITAS DURANTE LA NOCHE

Una persona de apoyo puede permanecer en la habitación del paciente por la noche durante las horas de silencio. Debe quedar sobreentendido que el cuidado del paciente es lo más importante; las visitas nocturnas no deben interferir con el cuidado del paciente y se espera que los visitantes se despierten cuando el paciente comience a recibir atención.
En raras ocasiones, los bebés pueden permanecer con su madre (la paciente) con la presencia de un adulto supervisor que sea responsable del cuidado del bebé.

ÁREA DE CIRUGÍA PREOPERATORIA/AMBULATORIA/UNIDAD DE CUIDADOS POST-ANESTÉSICOS (PACU)

Los familiares pueden visitar a los pacientes antes y después de la operación. Esto se determinará en base al estado del paciente y las actividades de las unidades circundantes. Las visitas se limitan a una persona a la vez durante un breve período de tiempo y deben estar acompañadas por un miembro del equipo que atiende al paciente.

Esta política cumple con las disposiciones de AB 2549 Visitas a los Pacientes.

Aprobado por J. Cord y C.A. Miller | 26 de agosto de 2024

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