Covid-19 Covid-19: Haryana issues new guidelines to strengthen home isolation care of patients
Laying emphasis on the significance of improvement of home isolation of COVID-19 patients, Arora said that around 60 to 70 per cent of the corona infected persons are in home isolation thus we need to augment the home isolation policy so that the patients are provided appropriate care and treatment.
He said that the asymptomatic and symptomatic patients, who are in home isolation, usually are unable to follow the guidelines like staying in separate room, a separate toilet, a care giver to look after the needs of the patient.
Subsequently, the ‘District Home Isolation Monitoring Team’ will visit the patient on alternate days to monitor if the guidelines are being followed.
Sharing the details of the new policy, Meena said that the concerned teams can check the number of patients on home isolation from the ICMR portal and make visits on alternate days. A flex banner mentioning ‘District Home Isolation Monitoring Team’ along with the name of the district to be displayed on the vehicle of each field team.
Each field team will consist of one AMO, one ANM and one ASHA worker.
He added that the teams will also check if separate washrooms are being used, if the patient is co-morbid other than the vital parameters.
The information regarding the condition of the patient has to be shared with the concerned Nodal Officers at block-level and district-level.
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