Non clinical activities
• Parents, carers, teachers, volunteers etc. may escort patients off the ward if they have been assessed as safe to leave the ward without a nurse escort – as per the Supervision and movement of inpatients across RCH and access to inpatient areas procedure. Document the nursing assessment (if the patient is deemed safe without nursing escort) within the EMR.
NB Patients colonised with a multi-resistant organism may only leave ward/room with agreement by treating team/infection prevention and control