我们致力于安全, 容易, and equal access to quality healthcare for patients and guests of all abilities. We appreciate the importance of your dog's service and companionship. 这个信息, developed with careful consideration of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), will help visitors to our facilities understand how we welcome service animals.
我们欢迎:
- Service dogs (including psychiatric service animals).
- Therapy dogs registered as volunteers through our Office of Volunteer 服务 and are here for scheduled volunteer service. 了解更多 about guidelines for therapy dogs through our Hug-A-Hound program.
Please ensure the following animals remain in the comfort of your home and outside of our facilities:
- Emotional support animals (non-psychiatric service animals).
- 个人的宠物. 在特殊情况下, a personal pet may be approved to visit with a patient who is in the hospital. Such visits require coordination with our staff. To arrange this type of visit, please see the 关于个人宠物探视 section below, or talk to the patient's care provider to ask about a visit.
If you are visiting the hospital with a dog
如果你的狗是服务犬, registered with us as a volunteer therapy dog, or has been approved for a special visit to a hospitalized patient, please help us maintain a safe and comfortable environment for all of our patients and guests by ensuring that the dog:
- 仍然紧紧拴住, 利用, or tethered at all times unless these devices interfere with the service animal’s work or the person’s disability prevents the use of these devices. 在这种情况下, 这个人必须使用语音, 信号, or other effective means to maintain control of the service animal.
- Is in good health and free of fever, stomach upset, diarrhea, fleas, and skin lesions.
- Has received the appropriate shots and is registered with your city or town.
- Exhibits a friendly, non-threatening temperament for the safety and well-being of all guests. Dogs that display behaviors such as growling, 跳, 刺, 咆哮, or nipping are likely to bring discomfort to other guests and will be asked to leave the facility.
Our staff and volunteers are not responsible for caring for any animal on the premises. All animals on-site must have a designated handler.
关于个人宠物探视
在特殊情况下, we may be able to allow a visit from a personal pet for patients with prolonged hospitalization. If you or a loved one are a patient in the hospital and may benefit from a visit with a personal pet, your care team can help you determine how to schedule a visit.
The nursing unit manager who oversees the unit's care will work with you, our Collaborative 健康care-associated Infection Prevention (known as "CHIP"), and our Security Office to assess the impact of a personal pet visit for patients and families in the immediate area.
If you or a loved one plan to arrange for a personal pet visit with the local nursing unit manager, please ensure that a designated person—neither staff nor patient—will be on-site to provide care and supervision of the dog for the entirety of the dog's visit.
不幸的是, certain areas cannot accommodate animals due to the increased risk of infection or harm to those in our care. Please help us keep the following spaces animal-free:
- 重症监护病房
- Expanded precaution rooms (patient rooms that require additional protective barriers, 比如口罩, 手套, 礼服, 等.)
- Food prep and medication prep areas
- Hematology Oncology Inpatient Unit
- 血液学特别护理病房
- Immunocompromised patient rooms
- 新生儿房
- Operating rooms and recovery rooms
- 当日手术计划
事故清理
如果宠物发生意外, we ask that the handler help us prevent falls by wiping clean the immediate area. We also ask that the handler notify a staff member of the exact location of the accident so that the site can be properly disinfected by our Environmental 服务 team.
Questions about pet visitation
If you have questions about bringing a pet to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, please call 安全服务. You can also stop by one of our information desks.