Additional information for patients during COVID-19 / Sars-CoV-2 / Corona Pandemic

Entrance to our Department is currently only possible on Ebene 04 (floor/level 04) at the so called "Rettungseingang" (entrance for rescue services).  You will have to pass our 1st level triage system to clarify a possible COVID infection - if you show COVID symptoms you will be tested in our 2nd level triage (throat swab for COVID-Test).

Mouth-nose-masks are obligatory for all public areas of our hospital (corridors, elevators, etc.).

Information für outpatients (in German):

» Information des AKH Wien zu den Regeln für den Ambulanzbesuch

Information für inpatients:

• To be admitted as an inpatient you need to present a negative COVID-test that needs to be no older than 48 hours. COVID-testing can also be done at our clinic (day before planned admittance at 9.30 am) - please discuss this with the admitting doctors.  48 hours after admittance another COVID-test will be done. 
• Patients with a positive COVID-test will not be admitted at our clinic but will be treated at another hospital specified for admittance of COVID-positive patients.
• Permission to go out during your stay with us will only be granted into our clinic gardens, additionally you are able to visit the shops in the hospital that can be reached via an internal corridor.
• On discharge from our clinic another COVID-test will be done if you are being transferred to another facility of discharged into assisted home-care.