Visiting Hours
Information to the public: For safety reasons, below is a list of the most recent decisions made by GENESIS Hospital Infections Committee on the management of COVID-19 within the Hospital premises (as applicable).
CHILDBIRTHS
PREGNANT WOMAN
- Admission with valid negative PCR result
- Otherwise: RAPID and PCR tests performed at GENESIS
- Emergency (vaccinated and non-vaccinated patients): Admission with negative RAPID test result, awaiting PCR result
- Validity period: RAPID within 24 hours, PCR within 48 hours
PATIENT ESCORTS
- Admission with valid negative PCR test result
- Otherwise: PCR test at GENESIS and waiting for the result
- Emergency (woman into labor): Vaccinated patients-> Admission with negative RAPID test result, awaiting PCR result. Non-vaccinated patients -> PCR test at GENESIS and waiting for the result
- Validity period: RAPID within 24 hours, PCR within 48 hours
POSTPARTUM WOMEN
PATIENT ESCORTS
- Admission with valid negative PCR result
- Single-bed accommodation; no option for room change or alternate of escorts
- 2-bed or 3-bed accommodation: On the 2nd day -> with the existing PCR, visit for half an hour only in the ward lounge, on the 3rd day -> with a new RAPID TEST, visit for half an hour only in the ward lounge
- No need for a diagnostic test on discharge
- Validity period: Negative RAPID TEST result within 24 hours. Negative PCR test result within 48 hours
HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY
INPATIENTS
- Admission with valid negative PCR result
- Otherwise: RAPID and PCR tests performed at GENESIS
- RAPID test every 7 days
PATIENT ESCORTS
- RAPID test for all escorts
- Visit for half an hour only in the ward lounge
- PCR test every 10 days
SURGICAL INPATIENTS
HOSPITALIZED
- Admission with valid negative PCR result
- Otherwise: RAPID and PCR tests performed at GENESIS
- Validity period: Negative RAPID TEST result within 24 hours. Negative PCR test result within 48 hours
PATIENT ESCORTS
- Entry with valid negative RAPID result. Ability to visit the inpatient in the waiting area of -1 Floor after the operation and then leave the premises.
- For hospitalization >72 hours, a 30′ visit of an escort with a valid negative RAPID result is allowed in the ward lounge.
- A valid negative PCR result is required only for single-bed accommodation. Single-bed accommodation; no option for room change or alternate of escorts.
- Validity period: RAPID within 24 hours, PCR within 48 hours
SURGICAL OUTPATIENTS
(Outpatient Department, Gastroenterology Clinic)
- Entry with valid negative RAPID TEST result
- Except for the Assisted Reproduction Unit Fertilia by Genesis, NO escorts allowed
- Validity period: Negative RAPID TEST result within 24 hours
TESTS
(CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY, ULTRASOUNDS, CT SCAN, MRI SCAN, FETAL-MATERNAL TESTING)
- Entry with valid negative RAPID TEST result
- NO escorts allowed (except for the Fetal-Maternal Testing Clinic / Escorts may enter with valid negative RAPID TEST result)
- Validity period: Negative RAPID TEST result within 24 hours
PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT
(DAYS BEFORE SCHEDULED PROCEDURE)
- NO diagnostic tests required
- NO escorts allowed
DIAGNOSTICS
(MICROBIOLOGY – RADIOLOGY)
- RAPID TEST only if symptoms occur (e.g. fever)
- NO escorts allowed
- Validity period: Negative RAPID TEST result within 24 hours
CONSULTATION
(Hospital premises)
- NO diagnostic tests required
- NO escorts allowed
PARENTS VISITING NICU
- Negative PCR result
- Validity period: Negative PCR TEST result within 48 hours
GENESIS HOSPITAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES COMMITTEE