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Patient belongings and valuables

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Patients and visitors are responsible for all belongings. Baptist Health is not responsible for replacing lost or misplaced items. We recommend you bring only essential items to the hospital and offer the following tips to help keep your personal items secure:

REMINDER – Label belongings and place in appropriate containers. Medications need to go home, or will be stored in the pharmacy until discharge.

Please leave all valuables at home or send them home with a family member or friend upon admission to the hospital; this includes cash, checkbooks, credit cards, jewelry and other items deemed to be of value, wallet, purse, cell phone, laptop computers, e-readers, iPads, etc., or any other item that would be considered a loss if misplaced. Patients move about during a hospital admission for testing, procedures and treatments or from one inpatient unit to another due to their medical condition. At Baptist Clay, each patient room is equipped with a hotel-like safe. All valuable items should be secured in the safe and not at the bedside.

Helpful hints for items that are needed during your stay

  • Please avoid placing dentures on a meal tray, under a pillow, on the sheets or in any concealed place where they may be lost or accidentally thrown out.
  • Do not leave hearing aids unprotected on the bedside or over-bed table.
  • To prevent loss or damage to eyeglasses during hospitalization, patients are asked to not leave them unprotected on the bedside table, in a robe pocket or on the bed.

Lost items

  • Unless placed in our possession for safekeeping, Baptist Health System does not replace lost items.
  • We will be happy to check our lost and found for your items.
  • If you are/were an inpatient, please call the unit that is/was responsible for your care.
  • If you are/were an outpatient, please speak with the practice manager of the outpatient unit.