An integral aspect of patient and family centered care approach to patient care.

Palmetto General Hospital believes that a patient’s support person and or visitors play an important role in the care and recovery of patients by providing support to the patient, providing health information about the patient, communicating patient’s needs and desires, creating a more familiar environment for the patient and ultimately serving as intermediary between the hospital staff and the patient in support of continuity of care.

All patients have the right to have, or not have, visitors of their choice. The hospital will accommodate the need of any patient who request visitors and only restrict or limit visitors when clinically necessary or reasonable, or when visitors interfere in the care of the patient or the care of other patients in the hospital.  The nursing/medical staff will use their best clinical judgement and take into account all aspects of the patient’s health and safety, including the benefits of visitation on a patient’s care as well as potential negative impact that visitors may have on other patients in the hospital, to determine when visitation is, or is not, appropriate.

Visitation rights may differ by type of unit or department.

Individuals who are feeling ill are discouraged from visiting patients in the hospital.

Children under the age of 12 require adult supervision at all times by an adult other than the patient.

A full copy of the Visitation Policy may be obtained from the Admitting Department or the Nursing Administration Department.