Suggestions, please.....

TonyaH · Jun 16, 2008

Hey there,
We are admitted right now and have a question about hospital playrooms.

During our last two admits we let Andrew go up to the playroom during open hours, thimking that he would not have been invited without knowing he would be the only CFer at the time. We were wrong. The last time we were in he made friends with a boy who ended up having CF and testing positive for mycobacterium. They were even in a small, narrow music room together.

I have asked many staff members here as well as our doc about playroom procedures and they said that as long as a child is not under contact precaution, they may use the playroom during open hours. Because of HIPA law, they cannot tell you if anyone else in the playroom has CF.

Everyone keeps telling us we are fine to go up there, but I have to wonder if I am exposing him to a breeding ground of CF bugs. What are the rules at your hospital? Can kids who are not growing resistant bacteria allowed in common areas in your hospital? Am I being overprotective, or smart since we are, after all, in a hospital!? If we do go, I'm maintaining a 3 foot rule and he's wearing a mask. Thoughts?

TonyaH · Jun 16, 2008

Hey there,
We are admitted right now and have a question about hospital playrooms.

During our last two admits we let Andrew go up to the playroom during open hours, thimking that he would not have been invited without knowing he would be the only CFer at the time. We were wrong. The last time we were in he made friends with a boy who ended up having CF and testing positive for mycobacterium. They were even in a small, narrow music room together.

I have asked many staff members here as well as our doc about playroom procedures and they said that as long as a child is not under contact precaution, they may use the playroom during open hours. Because of HIPA law, they cannot tell you if anyone else in the playroom has CF.

Everyone keeps telling us we are fine to go up there, but I have to wonder if I am exposing him to a breeding ground of CF bugs. What are the rules at your hospital? Can kids who are not growing resistant bacteria allowed in common areas in your hospital? Am I being overprotective, or smart since we are, after all, in a hospital!? If we do go, I'm maintaining a 3 foot rule and he's wearing a mask. Thoughts?

TonyaH · Jun 16, 2008

Hey there,
We are admitted right now and have a question about hospital playrooms.

During our last two admits we let Andrew go up to the playroom during open hours, thimking that he would not have been invited without knowing he would be the only CFer at the time. We were wrong. The last time we were in he made friends with a boy who ended up having CF and testing positive for mycobacterium. They were even in a small, narrow music room together.

I have asked many staff members here as well as our doc about playroom procedures and they said that as long as a child is not under contact precaution, they may use the playroom during open hours. Because of HIPA law, they cannot tell you if anyone else in the playroom has CF.

Everyone keeps telling us we are fine to go up there, but I have to wonder if I am exposing him to a breeding ground of CF bugs. What are the rules at your hospital? Can kids who are not growing resistant bacteria allowed in common areas in your hospital? Am I being overprotective, or smart since we are, after all, in a hospital!? If we do go, I'm maintaining a 3 foot rule and he's wearing a mask. Thoughts?

TonyaH · Jun 16, 2008

Hey there,
We are admitted right now and have a question about hospital playrooms.

During our last two admits we let Andrew go up to the playroom during open hours, thimking that he would not have been invited without knowing he would be the only CFer at the time. We were wrong. The last time we were in he made friends with a boy who ended up having CF and testing positive for mycobacterium. They were even in a small, narrow music room together.

I have asked many staff members here as well as our doc about playroom procedures and they said that as long as a child is not under contact precaution, they may use the playroom during open hours. Because of HIPA law, they cannot tell you if anyone else in the playroom has CF.

Everyone keeps telling us we are fine to go up there, but I have to wonder if I am exposing him to a breeding ground of CF bugs. What are the rules at your hospital? Can kids who are not growing resistant bacteria allowed in common areas in your hospital? Am I being overprotective, or smart since we are, after all, in a hospital!? If we do go, I'm maintaining a 3 foot rule and he's wearing a mask. Thoughts?

TonyaH · Jun 16, 2008

Hey there,
 We are admitted right now and have a question about hospital playrooms.
 
 During our last two admits we let Andrew go up to the playroom during open hours, thimking that he would not have been invited without knowing he would be the only CFer at the time. We were wrong. The last time we were in he made friends with a boy who ended up having CF and testing positive for mycobacterium. They were even in a small, narrow music room together.
 
 I have asked many staff members here as well as our doc about playroom procedures and they said that as long as a child is not under contact precaution, they may use the playroom during open hours. Because of HIPA law, they cannot tell you if anyone else in the playroom has CF.
 
 Everyone keeps telling us we are fine to go up there, but I have to wonder if I am exposing him to a breeding ground of CF bugs. What are the rules at your hospital? Can kids who are not growing resistant bacteria allowed in common areas in your hospital? Am I being overprotective, or smart since we are, after all, in a hospital!? If we do go, I'm maintaining a 3 foot rule and he's wearing a mask. Thoughts?

JazzysMom · Jun 16, 2008

I can understand them not giving the NAME of any CFers, but I dont see why they cant say IF there are CFers in the room.

I wouldnt risk it, personally, and I am far from phobic when it comes to cross contamination.

There should be something that can be worked out where he & others arent at risk yet he gets the benefits of the playroom!

JazzysMom · Jun 16, 2008

I can understand them not giving the NAME of any CFers, but I dont see why they cant say IF there are CFers in the room.

I wouldnt risk it, personally, and I am far from phobic when it comes to cross contamination.

There should be something that can be worked out where he & others arent at risk yet he gets the benefits of the playroom!

JazzysMom · Jun 16, 2008

I can understand them not giving the NAME of any CFers, but I dont see why they cant say IF there are CFers in the room.

I wouldnt risk it, personally, and I am far from phobic when it comes to cross contamination.

There should be something that can be worked out where he & others arent at risk yet he gets the benefits of the playroom!

JazzysMom · Jun 16, 2008

I can understand them not giving the NAME of any CFers, but I dont see why they cant say IF there are CFers in the room.

I wouldnt risk it, personally, and I am far from phobic when it comes to cross contamination.

There should be something that can be worked out where he & others arent at risk yet he gets the benefits of the playroom!

JazzysMom · Jun 16, 2008

I can understand them not giving the NAME of any CFers, but I dont see why they cant say IF there are CFers in the room.
 
 I wouldnt risk it, personally, and I am far from phobic when it comes to cross contamination.
 
 There should be something that can be worked out where he & others arent at risk yet he gets the benefits of the playroom!

CFHockeyMom · Jun 16, 2008

At our hospital CFers aren't "allowed" in the playroom. Personally, I wouldn't take the chance.

Hope Andrew is feeling better soon and you can go home.

CFHockeyMom · Jun 16, 2008

At our hospital CFers aren't "allowed" in the playroom. Personally, I wouldn't take the chance.

Hope Andrew is feeling better soon and you can go home.

CFHockeyMom · Jun 16, 2008

At our hospital CFers aren't "allowed" in the playroom. Personally, I wouldn't take the chance.

Hope Andrew is feeling better soon and you can go home.

CFHockeyMom · Jun 16, 2008

At our hospital CFers aren't "allowed" in the playroom. Personally, I wouldn't take the chance.

Hope Andrew is feeling better soon and you can go home.

CFHockeyMom · Jun 16, 2008

At our hospital CFers aren't "allowed" in the playroom. Personally, I wouldn't take the chance.
 
 Hope Andrew is feeling better soon and you can go home.

pjspiegle · Jun 16, 2008

Here in Denver, if they (CFers) have a bug that is easily transmitted, they are put on isolation and not allowed in the playroom. If they have something that is not easily transmitted they are allowed in the playroom but they (CFers) Must adhere to the 3 foot rule and NO CFer is ever allowed outside of their room without a mask, ever!(not sure if they actually tell us or not but the playroom staff always seems to know and makes sure the kids know who they are not allowed to come closer than 3 feet to) If they get caught by a doc or CF team member, they get to listen to a 10 minute lecture, even if they have heard the lecture before or 1000x's already.

Mycobacterium, as scary as it sounds, is not a bug that they isolate for though.

Mask, Wash Hands, and 3 foot rule for sure. By the way, the CFers are also required to wash/sanatize their hands when leaving their room, entering a playroom or another room, when they leave that room, and again when they return to their room. Pretty much constantly when they are outside of their own room.

I use to worry about these things too. Then I realized that the chances of them being in a room at the hospital that another CFer had been in was extremely high, including a room of another CFer that was on isolotion, I became less worried about the playroom. But then I freaked myself out even more about even being in the hospital because I noticed how dirty the fixtures in the room were, the fire detector was full of dust like it had never been dusted, and so on. Sorry, I hope I didn't just freak you out too! Sorry! I just realized you are IN the hospital now. I'll shut up before I make it worse.

As always, follow your gut. At our hospital I wouldn't worry about the playroom because I know that the staff tends to be more annal then me about stuff like that and a couple of the nurses are friends and whisper warnings to me without being specific so that I know, oh, don't go here or there today, don't let him get anywhere near that person, and so on.

LOL,
Patty

PS: I made them call the fire department so that they could shut the system down for a couple of seconds so that they could clean it! They told me they couldn't clean it without calling the fire department because it would set it off and they would have to pay a huge fine for a false alarm and a bunch of other reasons why they couldn't but in the end, I won, they called the fire department, and then cleaned it within a couple hours of me pointing it out to the staff.

pjspiegle · Jun 16, 2008

Here in Denver, if they (CFers) have a bug that is easily transmitted, they are put on isolation and not allowed in the playroom. If they have something that is not easily transmitted they are allowed in the playroom but they (CFers) Must adhere to the 3 foot rule and NO CFer is ever allowed outside of their room without a mask, ever!(not sure if they actually tell us or not but the playroom staff always seems to know and makes sure the kids know who they are not allowed to come closer than 3 feet to) If they get caught by a doc or CF team member, they get to listen to a 10 minute lecture, even if they have heard the lecture before or 1000x's already.

Mycobacterium, as scary as it sounds, is not a bug that they isolate for though.

Mask, Wash Hands, and 3 foot rule for sure. By the way, the CFers are also required to wash/sanatize their hands when leaving their room, entering a playroom or another room, when they leave that room, and again when they return to their room. Pretty much constantly when they are outside of their own room.

I use to worry about these things too. Then I realized that the chances of them being in a room at the hospital that another CFer had been in was extremely high, including a room of another CFer that was on isolotion, I became less worried about the playroom. But then I freaked myself out even more about even being in the hospital because I noticed how dirty the fixtures in the room were, the fire detector was full of dust like it had never been dusted, and so on. Sorry, I hope I didn't just freak you out too! Sorry! I just realized you are IN the hospital now. I'll shut up before I make it worse.

As always, follow your gut. At our hospital I wouldn't worry about the playroom because I know that the staff tends to be more annal then me about stuff like that and a couple of the nurses are friends and whisper warnings to me without being specific so that I know, oh, don't go here or there today, don't let him get anywhere near that person, and so on.

LOL,
Patty

PS: I made them call the fire department so that they could shut the system down for a couple of seconds so that they could clean it! They told me they couldn't clean it without calling the fire department because it would set it off and they would have to pay a huge fine for a false alarm and a bunch of other reasons why they couldn't but in the end, I won, they called the fire department, and then cleaned it within a couple hours of me pointing it out to the staff.

pjspiegle · Jun 16, 2008

Here in Denver, if they (CFers) have a bug that is easily transmitted, they are put on isolation and not allowed in the playroom. If they have something that is not easily transmitted they are allowed in the playroom but they (CFers) Must adhere to the 3 foot rule and NO CFer is ever allowed outside of their room without a mask, ever!(not sure if they actually tell us or not but the playroom staff always seems to know and makes sure the kids know who they are not allowed to come closer than 3 feet to) If they get caught by a doc or CF team member, they get to listen to a 10 minute lecture, even if they have heard the lecture before or 1000x's already.

Mycobacterium, as scary as it sounds, is not a bug that they isolate for though.

Mask, Wash Hands, and 3 foot rule for sure. By the way, the CFers are also required to wash/sanatize their hands when leaving their room, entering a playroom or another room, when they leave that room, and again when they return to their room. Pretty much constantly when they are outside of their own room.

I use to worry about these things too. Then I realized that the chances of them being in a room at the hospital that another CFer had been in was extremely high, including a room of another CFer that was on isolotion, I became less worried about the playroom. But then I freaked myself out even more about even being in the hospital because I noticed how dirty the fixtures in the room were, the fire detector was full of dust like it had never been dusted, and so on. Sorry, I hope I didn't just freak you out too! Sorry! I just realized you are IN the hospital now. I'll shut up before I make it worse.

As always, follow your gut. At our hospital I wouldn't worry about the playroom because I know that the staff tends to be more annal then me about stuff like that and a couple of the nurses are friends and whisper warnings to me without being specific so that I know, oh, don't go here or there today, don't let him get anywhere near that person, and so on.

LOL,
Patty

PS: I made them call the fire department so that they could shut the system down for a couple of seconds so that they could clean it! They told me they couldn't clean it without calling the fire department because it would set it off and they would have to pay a huge fine for a false alarm and a bunch of other reasons why they couldn't but in the end, I won, they called the fire department, and then cleaned it within a couple hours of me pointing it out to the staff.

pjspiegle · Jun 16, 2008

Here in Denver, if they (CFers) have a bug that is easily transmitted, they are put on isolation and not allowed in the playroom. If they have something that is not easily transmitted they are allowed in the playroom but they (CFers) Must adhere to the 3 foot rule and NO CFer is ever allowed outside of their room without a mask, ever!(not sure if they actually tell us or not but the playroom staff always seems to know and makes sure the kids know who they are not allowed to come closer than 3 feet to) If they get caught by a doc or CF team member, they get to listen to a 10 minute lecture, even if they have heard the lecture before or 1000x's already.

Mycobacterium, as scary as it sounds, is not a bug that they isolate for though.

Mask, Wash Hands, and 3 foot rule for sure. By the way, the CFers are also required to wash/sanatize their hands when leaving their room, entering a playroom or another room, when they leave that room, and again when they return to their room. Pretty much constantly when they are outside of their own room.

I use to worry about these things too. Then I realized that the chances of them being in a room at the hospital that another CFer had been in was extremely high, including a room of another CFer that was on isolotion, I became less worried about the playroom. But then I freaked myself out even more about even being in the hospital because I noticed how dirty the fixtures in the room were, the fire detector was full of dust like it had never been dusted, and so on. Sorry, I hope I didn't just freak you out too! Sorry! I just realized you are IN the hospital now. I'll shut up before I make it worse.

As always, follow your gut. At our hospital I wouldn't worry about the playroom because I know that the staff tends to be more annal then me about stuff like that and a couple of the nurses are friends and whisper warnings to me without being specific so that I know, oh, don't go here or there today, don't let him get anywhere near that person, and so on.

LOL,
Patty

PS: I made them call the fire department so that they could shut the system down for a couple of seconds so that they could clean it! They told me they couldn't clean it without calling the fire department because it would set it off and they would have to pay a huge fine for a false alarm and a bunch of other reasons why they couldn't but in the end, I won, they called the fire department, and then cleaned it within a couple hours of me pointing it out to the staff.

pjspiegle · Jun 16, 2008

Here in Denver, if they (CFers) have a bug that is easily transmitted, they are put on isolation and not allowed in the playroom. If they have something that is not easily transmitted they are allowed in the playroom but they (CFers) Must adhere to the 3 foot rule and NO CFer is ever allowed outside of their room without a mask, ever!(not sure if they actually tell us or not but the playroom staff always seems to know and makes sure the kids know who they are not allowed to come closer than 3 feet to) If they get caught by a doc or CF team member, they get to listen to a 10 minute lecture, even if they have heard the lecture before or 1000x's already.
 
 Mycobacterium, as scary as it sounds, is not a bug that they isolate for though.
 
 Mask, Wash Hands, and 3 foot rule for sure. By the way, the CFers are also required to wash/sanatize their hands when leaving their room, entering a playroom or another room, when they leave that room, and again when they return to their room. Pretty much constantly when they are outside of their own room.
 
 I use to worry about these things too. Then I realized that the chances of them being in a room at the hospital that another CFer had been in was extremely high, including a room of another CFer that was on isolotion, I became less worried about the playroom. But then I freaked myself out even more about even being in the hospital because I noticed how dirty the fixtures in the room were, the fire detector was full of dust like it had never been dusted, and so on. Sorry, I hope I didn't just freak you out too! Sorry! I just realized you are IN the hospital now. I'll shut up before I make it worse.
 
 As always, follow your gut. At our hospital I wouldn't worry about the playroom because I know that the staff tends to be more annal then me about stuff like that and a couple of the nurses are friends and whisper warnings to me without being specific so that I know, oh, don't go here or there today, don't let him get anywhere near that person, and so on.
 
 LOL,
 Patty
 
 PS: I made them call the fire department so that they could shut the system down for a couple of seconds so that they could clean it! They told me they couldn't clean it without calling the fire department because it would set it off and they would have to pay a huge fine for a false alarm and a bunch of other reasons why they couldn't but in the end, I won, they called the fire department, and then cleaned it within a couple hours of me pointing it out to the staff.

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