Visiting Peel Health Campus
Visiting
Our standard visiting times are 8am to 8pm daily (rest period is encouraged between 12:30pm – 2:30pm)
We welcome next of kin, guardians and/or partners in care 24-hours a day, according to our patient’s preference, wellbeing, and other patient and staff safety. However, visitor presence can be flexible according to patient needs in discussion with the treating nursing team.
Children may visit at the discretion of the patient and family but must be accompanied by a supervising adult at all times. Parents are very welcome to stay with their children on the paediatric ward.
Visitors are expected to behave in a manner appropriate to the wellbeing of all patients and hospital staff. Violence and aggression of any kind will not be tolerated.Latex balloons are not permitted within our hospital. Some staff and patients in our hospital experience severe anaphylactic (allergic) reactions to latex. For their safety please do not bring latex balloons onto the hospital site.
Keeping patients safe
If you are visiting a family member or friend at Peel Health Campus, please read the following information to help our patients, staff and visitors stay safe.
Mask requirements for staff and patients at hospitals are changing in response to climbing COVID-19 case numbers in the community.
At a minimum surgical masks are:
- recommended for all visitors in all clinical areas
- required for all visitors in high-risk clinical areas. Masks are required when entering clinical areas with significantly vulnerable and immunocompromised patients (including emergency oncology, renal and Whelan Ward) patients are required to wear a surgical mask, at minimum.
Surgical masks are provided on request within the hospital.
In addition to the above advice, please follow the guidelines below to keep our vulnerable patients as safe as possible.
- Stay home if you are unwell.
- It is still recommended to have only two visitors at a patient’s bedside.
- Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are a quick and effective way to test for COVID-19. Consider doing one before you visit a hospital or health service.
- Practise good hand hygiene.
- Keeping a 1.5 m distance from others
- Make sure you’re up to date with your COVID-19 vaccinations.
Visiting a COVID-19 positive patient
Approval to visit a COVID-19 positive patient is managed on a case-by-case basis by the treating medical team and nursing unit manager. Visitors will be advised how to safely put on and remove personal protective equipment.
Contact us
Call our Switchboard on 9531 8000 for all queries.
More information
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