CORONAVIRUS – Protection measures for persons who has symptoms or had close contact with any confirmed positive patients

Protection measures for persons who has symptoms or had close contact with any confirmed positive patients

1- Watch your symptoms

• Revaluate self-assessment every 12 hours, take your temperature and if you feel sudden breathing difficulty or increase in the next few hours, contact 184
• https://koronaonlem.saglik.gov.tr/. 

2- Stay at home

• • It is important to restrict activities outside the home to avoid spreading or spreading contagion.
• • Avoid the use of public transport, shared trips or taxis.

3- You need to wear a mask

• Start using it continuously and change it every 24 hours, or it will be ineffective.

4- Safety Distance

• • Respect the safe distance at home, stay in a separate room, with the door closed and use your own bathroom if possible.
• • Remember to ventilate your room, but avoid air currents to the rest of the house.
• • Also avoid sharing cutlery, crockery, towels and sheets with the people you live with.

5- Hygiene at home

•  Clean frequently used surfaces and objects using disinfectant or bleach cleaning products and following instructions for use. Bleach is the most effective.
• • Store the dirty laundry in a closed bag and wash it separately at 60-90o with your usual soap.
• • Disposable tissues, towels, pillowcase and other objects of direct contact with spillovers will be of single use only.
• •Use a lockable trash bin to separate your waste

6- Incubation period

• • Keep in mind that the incubation period varies from 5 to 14 days, so in that time, your status may change.
• • Monitor your symptoms, it’s a good idea to do the self-assessment when you notice major changes.

7- If you have a prior appointment already arranged

• Call the medical center to communicate the situation and follow its recommendations.

Recommendations for your caregiver

1- Home safety distance

•  Respect the safety distance also at home whenever possible, staying in separate rooms, with the door closed and if it is possible using different bathrooms.
• • Use a mask when you need to be near the person with symptoms.
• • Remember to ventilate the rooms, but avoid the air currents to the rest of the house.

2- Hygiene at home

• • Clean frequently used surfaces and objects using disinfectant cleaning products and following instructions for use. Bleach is the most effective.
• • Also avoid sharing cutlery, crockery, towels and sheets with the people you live with.
• • Use a lockable trash bin.

3- How it is transmitted

• By drops that are expelled when coughing or sneezing, so hygiene and avoiding contact is vital to reduce contagion.

4- If you have an appointment already arranged.

• • Call the medical center to report the situation and follow their recommendations.