In home isolation we should not only take care of ourselves or the patient or family members but we should also take care of our surrounding and neighbours.
If someone is infected with covid virus in your neighborhood do take care of them. Don’t just neglect them rather help them in boosting their moral, reciting inspirational stories of the covid warriors who have suffered a lot but recovered with their hope and positivity.
Help the patient until he/she is completely recovered from the infection. Help them in providing the essential items like medicines, and groceries. Don’t go inside the house but you keep the items on the doorstep and you can manage the payments digitally or after the patient is recovered.
If there is a corona infected patient in the house, then anyone aged 24 to 50 years can take care of it. The caregiver should be physically healthy, he should not have any serious disease like cancer, asthma, respiratory disease, diabetes, high and low blood pressure, heart disease, kidney disease etc. During patient’s care always use a mask with triple layer medical mask and disposable gloves and a plastic apron. Always keep the apron clean and do clean it with sodium hypochloride. After six to eight hours, change the mask and wrap it in a paper bag and put it in the general waste after 72 hours. Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water for 40 seconds or use sanitizers with 70 percent alcohol. Do not touch your nose, mouth and face without washing hands. Wash your hands thoroughly before and after going to the toilet, before and after cooking. After washing the hands, wipe the hands with a paper towel or tissue. If paper towels are not available, keep a clean towel separate and replace when the towel becomes wet.
⚫Special points to be kept in mind :-
1) If the patient vomits, if rushes or circulates any fluid, clean it immediately from the bed. Wash the bed or bed sheet in hot water and dry it in the sun or sanitize it in other manner.
2) Avoid direct contact with the sputum, saliva and sneeze of the patient. Also avoid direct contact with the things used by the covid infected patient. Offer food to the patient outside their room. Keep the food over a stool or table.
But make sure that you do not come in direct contact with the patient while giving food and while handling their spoon, plates and other utensils use disposable gloves.Clean the utensils used by patient with soap or detergent and do wear disposable gloves while cleaning. Cleaned utensils can be taken back in work.
3) Sanitize the patient’s room, bathroom and toilet surfaces at least once per day. Follow the advice and treatment given by the doctor.
4)Check the temperature and monitor health of your own body too on regular basis. If you have fever, cold, cough or difficulty in breathing, consult a doctor immediately. Download Arogya Setu App on your mobile phone and 24 hours on the app. Keep notification and location tracking, GPS tracking on.
5) If you have an elderly person over 60 years of age in your home or a pregnant woman or kids in the house or any member suffering from any serious disease like cancer, asthma, respiratory disease, diabetes, high and low blood pressure, heart disease or kidney disease etc., then keep them away from the patient.
Note :- Keep in mind we have to fight with this virus not to the person suffering from this virus.
