Patient Safety

Stamford Hospital maintains the highest Patient Safety Standards. We also encourage you to take an active role with your healthcare team. Here’s how:

• Feel free to ask your care providers about their hand-washing practices.
• Use the hand sanitizer towelettes on your meal tray to clean your hands before dining.
• Encourage your visitors to use the hand cleanser stations posted in the hallway near your room.
• Know your medications: their names, what they're for, and if they have any side effects or interactions.
• Question your nurse if your medication looks different. Be sure staff confirms your identity before giving you medication or performing tests or procedures.
• Inform your doctor or nurse if you are taking any non-prescribed, over-the-counter medications including vitamins, supplements or herbal preparations.
• Get all questions answered before consenting to surgery or procedures.
• Ask for an explanation of tests or procedures being ordered for you. Request the results of your tests and/or procedures.
• All hospital staff and volunteers are identified by photo identification badges. Should anyone enter your room without displaying a hospital photo identification badge, please press the nurse call button.
• Follow your doctor's instructions regarding your treatment and recovery, including activities, wound care and follow-up visits.

Patient Security

Stamford Hospital’s Security Guest Services Department is ready to assist you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call 276-7666 for assistance.

Visitor Escorts

We encourage visitors departing after sundown to request a Security Guest Services escort to their car. Call 276-7666.

Valuables

We prefer that you leave your valuables with your family. If you are scheduled for surgery, you will be asked to remove all jewelry before entering the operating suite. If you must bring jewelry, cash, or other valuables, we suggest you store them with Security Guest Services. At your request, Security Guest Services will collect and securely store your valuables. They will return them at a time convenient for you.

Lost and Found

The Lost and Found is maintained by Security Guest Services.

Fire Alarms

We periodically test our alarms. If you hear a bell, see lights flashing, or we close your door, you do not need to be concerned. In an actual emergency, our staff will assist you.