Home isolation guidelines for #COVIDー19 patient and family: Few very important GUIDELINES:

By Dr Taresh Patel
Chest Physician, Surat, Gujarat

Minimum 14 days strict home isolation is compulsory under guidance of your doctor.

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1. Basic instruments needed at home:

Pulse Oxymeter
Digital thermometer
Glucometer if diabetic patient
Digital BP instrument if hypertensive patient
1% sodium hypochlorite solution

2. Daily monitoring: In every 4-6 hourly

Spo2
Temperature
Pulse
Mental health Status
Bluish Discolouration of lip and extremities 3

3. When to get hospitalise:-

Fever persistent,
Fever > 101F,
Oxygen level (Spo2) < 94%,
Resting pulse >100/min
Mental confusion,
Bluish discolouration of lip or extremities,
Breathlessness
Decrease oral intake
Decrease urine output
Chest pain or tightness

4. Instructions for Patient:

Stay in one room with attached toilet and bathroom

Don’t move out of room

Wash your hand frequently with soap and water or alcohol based sanitiser

Keep your room clean with 1% sodium hypochlorite solution
Wash your untensil by yourself (1/3)

Allow only one member of your family to take care for you

Wear a mask when you talk with your care taker

Dispose mask when it become wet after soaking in 1% sodium hypochlorite solution

Monitor your symptoms yourself (2/3)

Monitor your temp. & Pulse SpO2 every 4-6 hourly

If you feel something abnormal, contact your family members or doctor. (3/3)

5. Instructions for care taker

Monitor patient symptoms every 4-6 hourly

Don’t come in very close contact of patient

Don’t enter in patient room often (1/2)

Keep patient food outside his room

Wash your hand with soap and water or alcohol based sanitiser before and after touching patient untensil or clothing

Wear a mask when you talk with patient directly

Stay away about 2 meters from patient. (2/2)

6. Dietary instructions

High Protien diet like milk, paneer, pulses, eggs etc.

Plenty of liquids like water, juice, tea, coffee, lemon juice etc.

Fruits like oranges pineapples, apples, papaiya banana etc.

Green leafy vegetables

Avoid alcohol

Avoid cold beverages

7. Home activity with family

Reading books newspapers or magazines

Watching a good movie

Talking or video calling with friends and relatives

Do light excercises

Practice Yoga and meditation