If a relative has COVID-19: how to prepare a 'sanitary zone' in the house
'17.04.2020'
Source: Yellmed.ru
If your loved one gets Covid-19, but doesn’t need hospitalization, get ready to look after him at home, writes Yellmed.ru with reference to The Healthy. Experts told what security measures to take first.
Choose an isolation room
In it, the infected must stay throughout the illness. The room should have windows - for air circulation, natural light, and a door that always needs to be closed. Ideally, a “home isolator” should be next to the bathroom and toilet.
Lower the toilet lid and disinfect the bathroom
All family members must use a gloved toilet, before flushing - lower the toilet lid. Covid-19 can spread through fecal contamination, and they scatter in all directions due to the flow of water from the tank.
The bathroom must be thoroughly disinfected after each visit. Any antiseptics with an alcohol content of 60% can be used.
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Identify one family member who is in the “isolation ward”
Do not pull the straws, but simply choose the healthiest person in the house. It is unlikely that he will receive serious complications from Covid-19 in case of infection.
This "nurse" must be responsible for food, medicine, patient comfort, support him morally, change bedding, clean the room. He is also required to monitor the symptoms - if respiratory failure appears, you must immediately call a doctor. Other disturbing manifestations of the disease are chest pain and pressure, confusion, inability to wake up, and blue lips or face.
Prohibit entry to the "isolator", even animals
And prohibit it very strictly. The patient should not have any stroking of the beloved dog or hugs with family members. Only one person can enter this room, and only for a few minutes - for care.
Ask the patient to wear a mask and gloves.
Let him do this before entering a family member's room. This will reduce the likelihood of transmitting the virus. The caregiver must also use latex gloves at every contact with the patient. Then all protective equipment must be disposed of, and hands and face should be thoroughly washed.
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Wash clothes, linens more often
Both his own and a family member with Covid-19. Avoid shaking things before washing. Disinfect any gloves, spoons, plates used by the patient with gloves before washing them with soap and hot water. Allocate a separate wastebasket to the patient so that he throws all the waste there. Take this garbage out with gloves on.
After the symptoms disappear, leave the family member isolated.
At least 72 hours. Better listen to the doctor’s recommendations. How much he tells the recovering person to sit in the “isolation ward”, how much let the relative be there.
