1. Inform the Kiosk/Pavilion registrar or nurse if you want to bring any electrical appliance into the hospital or if a visitor brings a device in for you. All such items will be inspected by the hospital Bio-Medical Engineering Department to insure compliance with the hospital's electrical safety policy. This will not only ensure your safety, but will also help you to substantiate a claim if the device is missing.
   
   
2. The following devices are prohibited: Televisions (there are 19" color TV's in each patient room of the hospital); extension cords, heating pads or heating devices of any kind, including space heaters, heating blankets, curling irons, coffeepots and coffeemakers; radio transmitters of any kind (e.g. CBs, walkie-talkies, portable or cellular telephones and amateur radios). Hair dryers are permitted.
   
   
3. Small battery-powered devices, such as clocks, radios and tape players not including battery-chargers, are generally permitted. We encourage the use of earphones with radios and tape players. Do not use devices that disturb other patients.
   
   
4. Electric shavers and hair dryers are generally permitted. All line-powered (AC) devices must be UL Listed and have an Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) label. Line-powered devices must be in safe condition, without evidence of wear, deterioration or repairs. They must be unplugged while not in use, and hair dryers should not be used in the bathroom.
   
   
5. While you are in the hospital, circumstances may arise that cause concern about the safe use of devices. For example, electrical devices may pose a fire hazard when oxygen is administered, some devices may interfere with the operation of certain medical devices, and medications may affect your ability to use the device safely. You must, therefore, comply with any request by hospital personnel not to use a device.
   
   
6. The hospital also reserves the right to remove from your room any electrical device that presents a significant risk. Permission to use a device, even if that device has been inspected by hospital personnel, is not a guarantee of safety. The hospital assumes no responsibility for any death, injury, damage, theft or other loss associated with any device brought into the hospital by a patient or visitor.
   
   
7. You must discuss any medical device you bring into the hospital with your admitting physician or nurse on the floor.
   
   
8. No Smoking: The hospital prohibits smoking within its buildings. Patients and visitors may smoke on the cafeteria patio, Multiservice Center patio, General Accounting parking lot, and the Stevenson lot west of the Special Services Building.

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