- Companions are limited to one person.
- The companion should not be with the patient during ward rounds and medical care.
- The companion must not carry out any procedure on the patient other than as directed by the doctor or nurse. The companion helps with the patient's care to the extent permitted.
- Unless requested by the relevant doctor or nurse, the companion must not take the patient outside the hospital or change the patient's bed.
- To ensure a peaceful environment for you, it is important that companions do not speak loudly or make noise in patient rooms and ward corridors, use the televisions in the rooms in a way that does not disturb others, and switch off their phones or turn the volume down during doctors' rounds and after 22.00.
- The use of tobacco and alcohol inside the hospital is prohibited by law and by hospital rules.
- Companions must not bring food or drink from outside the hospital, and no food may be given to the patient without the ward nurse's knowledge.
- The patient's nurse must always be informed when the companion changes.
- Companions are obliged to follow general hospital rules. In the event of a violation, you will no longer be accepted as your patient's companion.
- In addition to all of this, as a companion you should first inform the ward nurses whenever there is any problem with the patient's health. You must not intervene in any way without the ward nurses' knowledge.
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Companion Rules
What you need to know if you will be staying with your patient as a companion.
