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For
Your Safety & Security
Public
Safety
To best serve our patients and staff, McDonough District Hospital employs
Public Safety Officers who patrol the hospital buildings and grounds. The main
entrance to MDH is locked at 9:00 PM to ensure safety. Visitors may exit
through the Emergency Services Department after 9:00 PM. The main entrance is
unlocked at 6:00 AM for your convenience.
Smoking
Cigarettes
are not sold at McDonough District Hospital, and smoking is
strictly prohibited throughout the hospital with the exception
of designated smoking areas. Please ask a member of our staff
to direct you to one of these areas. Smoking is not permitted
in any patient’s room.
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Drills
For your
protection, the hospital conducts fire and other types of
drills regularly. If a drill occurs while you are here, please
remain in your room, and do not become alarmed. The hospital
is a fire-resistant building, and the staff is trained in
fire protection and other emergency situations.
Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs
are available on all nursing units, but getting in and out
of them may be hazardous. Please ask for assistance from a
member of the hospital staff.
Oxygen
Special
regulations are in effect when patients are receiving oxygen.
Electrically operated equipment and aerosol products are not
permitted in these areas. Absolutely no smoking is permitted
in any room where oxygen is in use or on standby.
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Medications
All medications
you take while you are in the hospital are prescribed by your
doctor, dispensed by the hospital pharmacy, and administered
by a nurse. If you have medications from home, please discuss
how to properly store these with your nurse.
Valuables
or Lost Items
Please
do not bring items of value to the hospital. If you do bring
a valuable item, it should be locked up for safekeeping. Please
inform your nurse on admission.
The hospital does not accept responsibility for any lost or
stolen items; however, we will do our best to help you recover
your property. If an item is missing, please contact one of
the hospital staff members.
Hand Hygiene
The most important thing you can do to prevent getting sick is hand hygiene
(hand washing or using alcohol handgel). Frequently performing hand hygiene
will eliminate germs that you have picked up from other people, contaminated
surfaces, or from animals.
If you do not perform hand hygiene frequently, you can infect yourself when
you touch you eyes, nose or mouth with germs from other sources. You can also
spread germs directly to others or onto surfaces that other people touch. The
important thing to remember in addition to colds, some pretty serious
diseases -- like hepatitis A, meningitis, and infectious diarrhea -- can
easily be prevented if people make a habit of washing their hands.
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