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Knowledge and attitudes of visitors to patients in contact isolation

American Journal of Infection Control, 2014
In this study, conducted at a tertiary care center, we surveyed visitors to patients in contact isolation to assess their knowledge and attitudes about contact isolation. Although response rates were low, we found that visitors had an overall positive perception and understanding of contact isolation.
Nasira, Roidad, Rashida, Khakoo
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Exploring National Trends and Organizational Predictors of Violence and Mistreatment From Patients and Visitors

Journal of healthcare management / American College of Healthcare Executives, 2023
SUMMARY Goal: Rising incidents of violence and mistreatment of healthcare workers by patients and visitors have been reported. U.S. healthcare workers are five times more likely to experience nonfatal workplace violence (WPV) than workers in any other ...
K. Meese, L. M. Boitet, J. Schmidt, Nancy Borkowski, Katherine L. Sweeney   +4 more
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Injuries to dental patients and visitors

Journal of Dentistry, 1991
Reports were studied of all incidents of injury and accidents involving outpatients or visitors to Bristol Dental Hospital between 1980 and 1988 inclusive. Seventy-two incidents were reported, two-thirds of which occurred during or just after dental treatment, and usually involved oral soft tissues or teeth.
K, Porter, S, Porter, C, Scully, Y, Theyer   +3 more
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Ex-patient Visitors to the Hospital Psychiatric Unit

Psychiatric Services, 1978
An informal study of visits to an inpatient psychiatric unit by former patients indicated that such visiting was a common occurrence, more prevalent than staff realized. Most ex-patient visitors were chronically impaired individuals who were making a marginal community adjustment and did not use aftercare services.
L N, Gruber, A, Brown, C, Mazorol
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Developing Evidence-Based Design Guidelines for Medical/Surgical Hospital Patient Rooms That Meet the Needs of Staff, Patients, and Visitors

HERD, 2020
Objectives: This research investigated medical/surgical (Med/Surg) patient room design to accommodate the needs of hospital staff, while at the same time accommodating the needs of patients and their visitors. Background: Designing hospital patient rooms
S. Lavender, Carolyn M. Sommerich, E. Sanders, K. Evans, Jing Li, Radin Zaid Radin Umar, E. Patterson   +6 more
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Deathbed Visions: Visitors and Vistas

Omega, 2022
This review article examines the recent (i.e., since the late-1990s) research on deathbed visions (DBVs). The reviewed material includes the features of DBV experiences, terminology and definitional issues in the literature, and prevalence reports of ...
S. Claxton-Oldfield
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Investigation of comfort temperature and thermal adaptation for patients and visitors in Malaysian hospitals

Energy and Buildings, 2019
The current indoor thermal comfort standards and guidelines for hospital wards in the tropics may be insufficient for maintaining thermal comfort for occupants and ensuring energy efficiency in hospitals.
W. Khalid, S. A. Zaki, H. Rijal, F. Yakub   +3 more
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