Patient Property Management

1. Patient property must be attended to as per the existing guidelines and regulations of the Ministry of

Health

2. All material property must be put in the safe under the supervision of the Administrative Officer.

3. All monetary property is to be kept at the Shroff.

4. The Medical Officer attending must document the available property on the BHT with assistance of the Nursing Officer.

5. Relevant forms should be filled by the Nursing Officer and the property sent in a safe manner to the

Inquiries Office.

6. Property brought in the night may be kept in ward in a safe manner until the safe can be opened in the morning.

7. Property of extreme value (such as gold jewellery) should be put to the safe as soon as possible.

8. All staff must avoid holding on to patient property unnecessarily and send it to the office for safe keeping as soon as possible.

9. As most patients will have poor capacity at the time of admission officers must be extra careful about ensuring the safety of patient property.

10. Property will be released only upon discharge of the patient.

11. Release of property will be done only during stipulated office hours.

12. If a death of a patient occurs his/her property will be handed over to the next of kin upon adequate proof of identity is produced to the Director.