Protect Your Patients

In-home Patient Care and Patient Separation Plays a Crucial Role in Coronavirus Prevention

Consider the strategies to prevent patients who can be cared for at home from coming to your facility. Additionally, consider adjusting your hours of operation to include telephone triage and follow-up of patients during a community outbreak. Use your telephone system to deliver messages to incoming callers about when to seek medical care at your facility, when to seek emergency care, and where to go for information about caring for a person with COVID-19 at home.

If seeking care at your facility, separate patients with respiratory symptoms so they are not waiting among other patients. 
Identify a separate, well-ventilated space that allows waiting patients and visitors to be separated.