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Information for care partners who are staying in the room with a patient in isolation

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    ISOLATION PRECAUTIONS FOR ROOMING-IN CARE PARTNERS

     

    Isolation precautions are used to prevent the spread of germs among patients, visitors, and team members.  We ask you to follow these guidelines so that we can keep germs from spreading from the patient in the isolation room to other people and places in the unit.

    Rooming-in guidelines are for Care Partners spending the night in the room with the patient.

    Care Partners who are ill should not visit the patient. In uncommon circumstances, where the Care Partner needs to visit despite being ill, please talk with the doctors and nurses about whether it is safe to be in the patient room.  If allowed to visit, Care Partners must wear a mask at all times in the patient’s room and while in the hospital.

    When going in or out of patient room, everyone should clean hands with alcohol hand sanitizer or soap and water.  Use only soap and water handwashing when indicated by special Green handwashing sign at the door to the room.

    Rooming-in Care Partners should NOT:

    • Go to the common areas of the hospital such as the cafeteria, gift shop, pharmacy or chapel.  (Trays for the Care Partner may be ordered from Nutrition Services, if desired)
    • Go to common areas in the unit (nurses’ station, dayroom, or kitchen),
    • Visit in other patient rooms, or go into school rooms or family waiting rooms on inpatient floors.
    • Patients in isolation should not go to these areas either.
    • Avoid touching dressings, urine bags and other equipment in the room.

    Rooming-in Care Partners SHOULD:

    • Clean hands when entering and leaving the patient’s room.
    • Use the bathroom in the patient’s room, if there is one.
    • Directly leave hospital after leaving the patient room. They do not need to wear gown or gloves to do so, but they should clean their hands well when leaving the room.

    Rooming- in Care Partners who go with the patient to procedure areas off the unit should clean hands well and wear the same garb that the nursing staff wears while caring for the patient. 

    All Care Partners and visitors who are not spending the night in the patient’s room should follow isolation precautions posted on sign at entrance to patient room. 

    Please clean your hands often and well.

    Questions?  Concerns?

    Please ask your nurse to page the Infection Preventionist on call at PIC 1243

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