Northwest Patient Personal Items and Valuables
We strongly recommend and encourage that a patient’s personal belongings
be sent home with family members when possible. The hospital is not
responsible for any belongings that you decide to keep in your room
including, but not limited to, dentures, eyeglasses, hearing aids or any
prosthetic devices. If possible, please send items such as jewelry,
cash and credit cards home with loved ones. Should you need a place to
put your valuables, please contact your nurse.
Valuables may be placed in the Security department during your stay and
will be retrieved at the time of discharge. When not in use, dentures,
glasses and hearing aids should be placed in plastic containers that may
be obtained on the unit. Please do not wrap these items in tissue paper
and do not place them on meal trays or in the bed. Since electronic
devices, such as radios and cell phones, have been known to interfere
with medical equipment, we ask that you not bring them into the
hospital. The hospital will not assume financial responsibility for your
belongings.