Autologous Transplant Patient Education Manual - Moores Cancer ...

All visitors must stop at the nurse’s station before entering your room. The staff will
briefly screen your visitors for infection. We will not allow someone to visit if he/she has a
cold or contagious infection. Visitor guidelines will be posted in your room and it is
important that you and the staff discuss them with your visitor(s).
Proper Hand-washing
Turn on the water and wet hands, dispense soap and lather hands, and scrub around the
wrists and between fingers and fingernails for at least 15 seconds, rinse and dry with paper
towels, discard paper towels in the trash. The faucet in the hallway has foot pedals to
operate them. Each and every patient’s room has its own anti-bacterial hand gel just inside
the door.
Children are allowed to visit; however, they must be supervised at all times and are
not allowed to play in the hallways. They must not show any signs of infection. Infants and
children who have recently received the oral polio vaccine (OPV) which is a live attenuated
vaccine should not visit the transplant floor for 4-6 weeks. Household members of
transplant patients should receive the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV).
While in the room, visitors are not allowed to use the patient’s bathroom, phone, sit on the
bed or eat in the patient’s room. There are bathrooms and pay phones located in the
hospital that are available for their use.
Visitors may bring food from home with a written order from the doctor and after the
dietitian has met with them and discussed proper food preparation and handling. The food
must be well-washed, cooked, and then immediately wrapped and refrigerated. It should
be in a single serving container and may be microwaved only ONCE prior to eating.
It is important for visitors to understand that you may be tired or not be feeling well.
Therefore, they may need to limit their visits accordingly.
UCSD, Thornton Hospital provides a tobacco-free environment. Smoking is only allowed in
posted smoking areas.
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