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Hospital visiting hours: time for improvement.
In a survey of hospital visiting hours in general medical and surgical wards throughout the United Kingdom a pattern of visiting emerged showing that many hospitals still have very restricted visiting. A quarter of the 404 hospitals that responded permitted visiting for an average of two hours a day or less. In contrast, just over a third of hospitals allowed visiting for more than five hours a...
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THE SICKEST PATIENTS LIE IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS (ICUs) facing fearful illness; surrounded by overwhelming noise from pulsating ventilators and monitors; invaded by the necessary ministrations of nurses; and overhearing, if they are awake, strange and portentous conversations. Professionals buzz about them, but these patients are mostly alone, separated from those who love them by restrictive I...
متن کاملPilot study of the relationship between heart rate and ectopy and unrestricted vs restricted visiting hours in the coronary care unit.
OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between cardiac performance (as measured by heart rate and ectopy) and unrestricted vs restricted visiting hours in the coronary care unit. DESIGN Patients were from two coronary care units. Group A had unrestricted visiting hours, and group B had restricted visiting hours. Heart rate and ectopy were measured three times both in patients with unrestrict...
متن کاملThe impact of visiting hours on indoor to outdoor ratio of fungi concentration at university hospitals in Ahvaz, Iran
The majority of diseases caused by air pollution, such as asthma and allergies, are caused by pathogenic bacteria, which are transmitted through bioaerosols. Bacteria and fungi are the main sources of hospital infections causing the majority of diseases and cases of mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the ratio of indoor to outdoor fungi concentration, the effect of population den...
متن کاملPatients' experiences and satisfaction with out-of-hours GP home visiting provided by a GP cooperative.
BACKGROUND Within the UK, patients place a fairly high value on the out-of-hours GP home visiting service. Although satisfaction with the range of out-of-hours services has been found to be high, little is known about patients' specific experiences of the home visiting services. OBJECTIVE To investigate the satisfaction with, and experiences of, patients receiving a GP out-of-hours (OOH) home...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.304.6832.987