Visiting Policies in the Adult Intensive Care Units in the Netherlands: Survey among ICU Directors

Table 3

Facilities and support for visitors in the 85 responding ICUs (numbers and proportions).

Characteristic	Value
Attention of visitors
Hostess	10	11.9%
Waiting room	66	77.6%
Family room	70	82.4%
Overnight stay	15	17.6%
Conversation room	46	54.1%
Infection prevention for visitors
No interventions	54	63.5%
Withdraw coat	8	9.4%
Disinfection hands	29	34.1%
Instruction by nurse	1	1.2%
Information supply (general)
Website	37	43.5%
Brochure	81	95.3%
Intake by hostess	10	11.8%
Intake by doctor	49	57.6%
Intake by nurse	80	94.1%
Information supply (patient related)
By the nurse	81	95.3%
By the resident on call	17	20.0%
By the ICU physician on call	14	16.5%
Appointment with the ICU  physician	77	90.6%
Other	12	14.1%