Ten recommendations for child-friendly visiting policies in critical care.

Recommendation 8: Creating the culture and addressing barriers for children's visits The visit of children in an ICU is also a management task. Recommendation 1: Plan the visit of children in the interprofessional team First, patients (if conscious), parents, children, and clinicians agree to the visit (see Fig. Whereas worldwide visiting regulations in paediatric ICUs are mostly open for children's visits, very heterogeneous policies exist in ICUs for adult patients [[4]]. 1 Flowchart for children visiting the ICU Recommendation 2: Strengthen parental competencies The decision to let children visit a critically ill patient depends on the will of the parents/caregivers. [Extracted from the article]