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https://healthmanagement.org/uploads/article_attachment/should-families-be-allowed-to-visit-dying-covid-19-patients.pdf

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- Family members can't be with loved ones otherwise
- Communication and support between ICU teams and grieving family members is hindered without physical interaction
- More difficult for family involvement in decision-making without visitation
- Virtual visits are sporadic, uncoordinated, and insufficient
- Proper end-of-life care depends on empathy and emotional responsiveness
- Family needs closure
- Having family present comforts patient
- Allows family to feel a small sense of control
- Compassion is essential, we are treating human beings with real thoughts and feelings, not inanimate objects
- Families need to be able to make decisions for patients who can't decide for themselves
- Not allowing visitation results in unnecessary, excess grief and pain for many people

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- Shortage in PPE required for Covid patient interaction
- Infection control issues with family members
- Family members could be exposed to Covid
- Need to provide a safer environment for healthcare workers to practice
- Might allow for lapses in strict infection control
- Staff exposure(without PPE) to infected family
- Family members are not properly trained or fitted for the effective use of PPE
- Distressed and emotional family members are more likely to have reckless behavior that can allow for Covid to further spread

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"the presence of family members at the bedside of a dying patient in the ICU is not only comforting for the patient, but is comforting for the families, and enhances the quality of the end-of-life care being delivered"

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- Of the healthcare workers in Italy that were positive for Covid, 55% believe that they got it at work

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https://aacnjournals.org/ajcconline/article/30/4/302/31425/A-Practical-Approach-to-Hospital-Visitation-During

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- Limiting visitation causes distress in patients and their families
- When these limitations were put into place they were rushed and the repercussions were not properly considered
- The well being of patients and the state of their mental health was put as a low priority

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- One of the most effective ways to prevent Covid spread is distancing
- Visitation restrictions help to protect the public

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- Generally pediatric facilities only allow 1 family member visit per day

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"These unprecedented circumstances have created a cascade of reactive changes in hospitals’ delivery of care."

"Visitors are ultimately part of the care team and an essential and irreplaceable aspect of a hospital’s pandemic triage algorithm"

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- Only 1% to 5% of the total population that tested positive were children and only 2% of those required intensive care

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https://www.proquest.com/docview/2575722996/fulltextPDF/DA494E982FD645B8PQ/3?accountid=133

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This source is not relevant and has no information on the issue. It's garbage. Who published this? What was the point?

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International Journal of Nursing Studies

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International Journal of Nursing Studies

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https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0020748921001474?token=3503AA0B2CBB2F6FA72C901D404642B1FF357B049DF95702850DA37C633C30811C3FBF1683096EFB9D3EEB40685E2F82&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20211203230858