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Apr 23, 2022 · In western tradition, only early in the 20th century did hospitals begin to allow visitors for paying patients. 1 Fifty years later, after the establishment of newborn intensive care units (NICUs), visitor policies appeared more familiar to those of modern day with limited visiting hours for all patients. 2 Additional restrictions for infection control is an established practice during ...
Oct 27, 2023 · The evolution of the pandemic resulted in ever-changing visiting practices causing distress and misunderstanding among staff, patients, families and visitors (Donkers et al., 2021; Gualano et al., 2021; Morley et al., 2020). Hospital policy that advocated visiting at the discretion of a unit or ward nurse manager led to variability and ...
The knowledge on the spread of COVID-19, and visiting restrictions is still limited, and multiple possible routes of in-hospital COVID-19 transmission has been identified (Rickman et al., 2021). Since visiting restrictions has been one out of many precautions for infection control implemented within the healthcare services during the pandemic, no study that has distinguished the effects from ...
Sep 12, 2022 · Larger hospital systems’ lack of research evidence as a primary driver of visitation policy has resulted in diverse and inconsistent visitor policies from hospital to hospital (Marmo & Milner, 2022; Munshi et al., 2021; Valley et al., 2020; Weiner et al., 2021). Key stakeholders, including patients, families, and healthcare workers, continue to not have any input or control over visitation ...
- Suzanne Marmo, Jennifer Hirsch
- 2023
- 10.1007/s42972-022-00063-4
to those of modern day with limited visiting hours for all patients.2 Additional restrictions for infection control is an established practice during respiratory syncytial virus and Funding: Virginia Commonwealth University C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Fellowship for Translational Research (ANI, 2020-2021), National
Nov 5, 2021 · Family visitation (in person or virtual) was the only identifiable factor associated with a lower risk of delirium (Pun et al., 2021). In this issue of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Jensen et al. (2022) present a study carried out in three Scandinavian countries on the challenges imposed by ICU visiting restrictions due to COVID-19 ...
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Health care policymaking during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has questioned the precedent of restricting hospital visitors. We aimed to synthesize available data describing the resulting impact on patient, family/visitor, and health care provider well-bei …
