Just wondering if your patient's parents must wear cover gowns when visiting their babies. I'm not talking about MRSA or other contact isolation precautions...
I've worked in 2 NICU's (externed in one while in school, and I now work as a RN in another), and in both, parents are required to wear a hospital gown over their clothes if holding their baby.
Yes, all parents that come in to our unit put on a cover gown first.
With babies in Isolation, we don't ask the family to put on the disposable gowns we wear as staff; they just need to wash their hands thoroughly before and after they visit their baby.
nicuRN2007
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I've worked in 2 NICU's (externed in one while in school, and I now work as a RN in another), and in both, parents are required to wear a hospital gown over their clothes if holding their baby.