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Interim Contagion Prevention and Control References for Patients with
Confirmed 2019 Novel Corona virus (Covid-19)
Infection control protocols including administrative guidelines and
engineering tests, environmental sanitation, proper work practices, and
sufficient use of personal protective equipment (PPE) are all necessary to
prevent infections from spreading during delivery of health care. Prompt
diagnosis and efficient triage and isolation of potentially infectious patients
are important to prevent unnecessary interactions at the facility between
patients, health care personnel and visitors. All health care facilities must
ensure that their personnel are properly trained and able to carry out infection
control procedures; individual health care staff should ensure that they
understand and can comply with the standards for infection control.
This advice is focused on the currently limited information available about
Covid-19 related to seriousness of disease, efficiency of transmission and
duration of shedding. A cautious approach will be modified and revised as
more information becomes available in the United States, and as the response
needs change. This policy extends to all health care environments in the
United States. This guideline is not intended for non-healthcare environments
(e.g., schools) OR for non-healthcare individuals. Refer to the main CDC
Covid-19 website for guidelines related to clinical care, air or ground medical
transport, or laboratory settings.
Definition of Healthcare Personnel (HCP): For the purposes of this guideline,
HCP refers to all individuals, paid and unpaid, working in healthcare settings
engaged in patient care activities, including: triage assessment of patients,
entry of examination rooms or patient rooms to care for or clean and disinfect

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the environment, collecting clinical specimens, handling of soiled medical
supplies or equipment
Required
1. Reduce Exposure Risk Ensure policies and practices in place to
minimize exposure to respiratory pathogens like Covid-19.
Measures should be introduced in the clinical environment prior to
patient admission, upon diagnosis and throughout the course of the
life of the affected patient.
Upon arrival:
when making appointments, advise patients and
accompanying individuals to call or alert HCP upon arrival if
they have any signs of respiratory infection (e.g. cough, runny
nose, fever1) and to take appropriate preventive measures (e.g.,
wear a facemask at entry to avoid cough, obey triage
procedures). When a patient arrives by emergency medical
services (EMS) transport, the driver will call the receiving
emergency department (ED) or healthcare facility and follow
local or regional transport procedures previously agreed upon.
This will encourage the healthcare facility to prepare for the
patient's acceptance.