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    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