What to Bring

• Several changes of comfortable clothes (limit 5) including underwear and socks
• Appropriate sleeping attire
• Jacket (seasonal)
• Small bills and change for vending machine
• Toiletries & hygiene supplies-excluding the list below
• 1 pair of shoes—no laces

What Not to Bring

• Aerosol products
• Alcohol—containing products
• Volatile solvents, such as nail polish remover
• Belts/Scarves, drawstrings in clothing, shoelaces or any other item that might be
  used as a ligature
• Cameras of any kind
• Cell phones
• Computers
• Items made of glass or breakable plastic
• Drugs – prescription, OTC, herbal, or street
• Food and beverages brought in from outside the hospital except under
   special circumstances
• Glass mirrors including cosmetic cases
• Heat-producing and/or corded personal care products, such as shavers,
   hairdryers, and curling irons.
• Matches, lighters
• Money, currency over $5.00
• Other items that may be used by a patient to harm self or others, at the
   discretion of staff
• Personal radio, TV, DVD, CD and MP3 players, IPOD, etc
• Plastic bags, cellophane
• Provocative clothing
• Recording devices of any kind
• Sharp objects including but not limited to, scissors, metal nail files, tweezers,
   razors, glass or metal of any kind, crochet or knitting needles or needles of any kind,
   or anything with an edge that can conceivably be used for harm to self or others.
• Tobacco products
• Toys/Games
• Videos/Video games
• Weapons of any type, including martial arts weapons
• Clothes hangers of any type
• Pens or pencils or other utensils