Corona's new guideline: 7 days isolation instead of 14 for patients without or mild symptoms, necessary oxygen saturation also 93% instead of 94%

Posted on 7th Jan 2022 by rohit kumar

Corona patients with no symptoms or mild symptoms will now have to remain isolated or quarantined at their homes for only 7 days instead of 14 days. Not only this, in the latest guidelines of the Union Health Ministry, the scale of oxygen saturation has also been changed from 94% to 93%.

 

According to the guideline, the beginning of these 7 days of isolation will be considered from the day the corona test report comes positive. If the patient does not get a fever for 3 consecutive days during isolation, then he will be considered corona negative from the eighth day. This investigation of corona will also not be necessary.

 

India is the third major country after the US and the UK which has reduced the days of isolation.

 

The number of infected with the Omicron variant is increasing continuously in the country. On Thursday, the number of corona patients received daily crossed one lakh. According to an estimate, about 60% of these patients are of the Omicron variant. Most patients with Omicron do not have severe symptoms, but it spreads up to 30 times faster than with the Delta variant.

 

Who will be considered as the asymptomatic patient?

 

Asymptomatic patients will be considered as people whose reports are corona positive, but they do not have any symptoms of the corona. At the same time, the oxygen saturation in the normal air of the room should be more than 93%. Earlier this scale of oxygen saturation was 94%.

 

Who will be the patients with mild symptoms?

Such patients will be considered as mild symptomatic who have symptoms associated with the upper respiratory tract, ie, upper respiratory tract, with or without fever, but they do not have any difficulty in breathing. Apart from this, their oxygen saturation should be more than 93%.

 

How will patients be home isolated?

 

If the doctors say in writing that the patient is asymptomatic or has mild symptoms, then such patients will be home isolated.

Such people will be home isolated, who have arrangements to quarantine the patient at home as well as the family who came in contact with them.

A person must be there 24 hours to take care of the patient. The caregiver and the doctor will remain in contact with each other until the patient's isolation is over.

The number of a control room will remain with the family and the isolated patient will be guided from time to time.

 

Can the elderly also be home isolated?

 

Elderly infected and people suffering from serious diseases above 60 years of age will be home isolated only after the permission of the doctor.

Patients suffering from HIV or cancer are not isolated at home, but it can be done if doctors allow home isolation after treatment.

 

Do's and Don'ts to Home Isolated Patients?

 

The isolated patient at home will have to stay away from the rest of the family members. Especially the elderly and people suffering from serious diseases such as BP, diabetes, and people suffering from cancer will have to keep a distance.

The room which has been selected by the Health Department for the patient will have to be isolated in the same room. Do not change rooms frequently.

The isolation room should be open and ventilated so that fresh air can pass in and out. The patient should keep the windows of his room open.

The isolated patient will have to use a triple layer mask even inside the room. If the mask becomes wet or dirty after 8 hours, it should be changed.

Both the person taking care of the patient and the patient should use an N-95 mask.

Before discarding the mask, cut it into pieces and put it in a paper bag for at least 72 hours. After that throw away the mask.

The patient should take a rest and should not let the lack of water in the body.

Be careful and wash your hands frequently. Wash hands with soap and use sanitizer for at least 40 seconds.

The patient will not have to share utensils or other items with any family member.

Useful items such as doors, switchboards, masks, and gloves should be kept clean by the caregiver or patient.

The patient should keep checking his pulse and oxygen level.

The infected person will check his body temperature every day and if his health deteriorates, then this matter will have to be immediately reported to the doctor and the control room.

 

What should a caregiver do and what not?

 

How to use the mask?

 

The person taking care of the patient should use a triple layer mask.

When going to the patient's room, try to wear an N-95 mask.

When wearing the mask, do not touch it with your hands to handle it. Doing so can spread the infection.

If your mask becomes dirty or wet, replace it immediately.

Before discarding the mask, cut it into pieces and put it in a paper bag for at least 72 hours. After that throw away the mask.

Wash your hands after discarding the mask.

Do not touch any part of your body before washing your hands.

 

How to keep hands clean

 

Whenever you wash your hands, use soap and water for at least 40 seconds.

If soap is not available then hand wash can also be used.

Use a towel or a clean cloth after washing your hands.

If the towel or cloth is wet, do not use it again.

Wash hands before and after taking offhand gloves.

Change or wash gloves when they become dirty.

 

How to keep distance from the patient?

 

Avoid direct contact with things like the patient's breath and saliva.

Use disposable gloves while caring for the patient.

Do not share things like patient utensils, water bottles, towels, and bedding.

Wearing gloves, clean the patient's utensils with soap/detergent.

Be sure to wash your hands after taking off the gloves.

Use a triple layer mask and disposable gloves while washing the patient's clothes or bedding.

 

How will the patient be treated at home?

 

The patient will be in direct contact with the doctor during isolation and will report immediately if his health deteriorates.

If the patient already has any disease, then he can take his medicines only after consulting the doctor.

On the advice of the doctor, patients can do gargles and can also take steam thrice a day.

The patient should avoid misinformation on social media.

Do not do things like medicine, blood checkups, and CT scans on your own without consulting a doctor.

 

When is it necessary to see a doctor during isolation?

 

If more than three fevers persist more than 100 degrees.

Have trouble breathing.

The oxygen saturation of the patient should be less than 93% at least three times an hour.

The patient should breathe more than 24 times in a minute.

Feeling of constant pain or pressure in the chest.

The patient started feeling confused and having trouble getting up.

There was a lot of fatigue and muscle pain.

 

when will home isolation end

 

If there is no continuous fever for 3 days during isolation, then the patient will be considered corona negative in 7 days.

In this way, patients without symptoms are being discharged from home isolation in 7 days.

After 7 days, the home isolated patient will not have to undergo any kind of test.