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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in restrictions to visitation for hospitalised patients in order to limit the spread of COVID-19, organise care, and to reduce the use of personal protective equipment.5 6 Given the important role of family visitation and engagement in patient-centred and family-centred care,7 early evidence suggests that restricted visitation policies enacted in hospitals ...
- Stephana J Moss, Henry T Stelfox, Karla D Krewulak, Sofia Ahmed, Melanie C Anglin, Sean M Bagshaw, T...
- 2021
Mar 23, 2020 · Weston Area Health Trust, which runs Weston General Hospital - has restricted visiting on its general wards from 2.30pm to 3.30pm and 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Only one close family member, carer, or ...
Jan 7, 2022 · Changes to the visiting rules at some Bristol hospitals have been introduced amid a huge rise in Covid-19 cases.. The University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UBHW), which ...
- Ben Bloch
hospitals on patients, family members and healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 2021;11:e048227. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2020-048227 Prepublication history and additional supplemental material for this paper are available online. To view these files, please visit the journal online
- Stephana J Moss, Henry T Stelfox, Karla D Krewulak, Sofia Ahmed, Melanie C Anglin, Sean M Bagshaw, T...
- 2021
Nov 4, 2020 · New visiting restrictions have been introduced at Bristol’s hospitals as the country prepares to enter a second national lockdown to stem the coronavirus pandemic. University Hospitals Bristol ...
Regarded at the time as a measure which was necessary to mitigate the spread of the disease, policies limiting visiting rights have been subject to heavy criticism since the waning of the pandemic.1–3 The idea of people dying alone in hospital or living in residential care settings for months with no access to family members or loved ones is particularly troubling and it is difficult in ...
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Jan 25, 2021 · Steps to reduce transmission risk include enhanced visitor screening and education, limiting visitors to a specified number of family members or designated care partners per patient, limiting the duration of the visit, selected use of point-of-care testing (if available), contact tracing by the region (if feasible) and ensuring appropriate PPE for visitors.
