{"id":6005,"date":"2020-03-05T13:50:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ctd\/?p=6005"},"modified":"2020-03-05T14:10:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:10:33","slug":"coronavirus-information-more-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ctd\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-information-more-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus information &#8211; more to come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keep yourself safe!! Here is Personal Protective Equipment information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure a procedural surgical mask is placed on the suspected Covid-19 patient<\/li>\n<li>The patient should be placed on Contact and Airborne Precautions<\/li>\n<li>Anyone entering the room must wear gloves, a gown, eye protection, and an N-95 mask whether or not contact with the patient or their environment is anticipated<\/li>\n<li>Strictly follow PPE donning and doffing instructions on signage at the door. Make sure you are familiar with Covid-19 PPE.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bG6zISnenPg\">Click here for an instruction video<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also call the IMT at 856-968-7900<\/li>\n<li>DO NOT SEND SPECIMENS VIA THE PNEUMATIC TUBE.\u00a0 Specimens should be double-bagged and physically carried to the Cooper laboratory.<\/li>\n<li>Practice strict, frequent hand hygiene<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a podcast from Raquel Nahra.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/novel-coronavirus\/id1335759655?i=1000465473961\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/novel-coronavirus\/id1335759655?i=1000465473961<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest CDC criteria (February 27, 2020) for a Person Under Investigation (PUI) are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fever or signs\/symptoms of lower respiratory illness (e.g. cough or shortness of breath)\u00a0 AND any person, including healthcare workers, who has had close contact with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patient within 14 days of symptom onset.<\/li>\n<li>Fever and signs\/symptoms of a lower respiratory illness (e.g., cough or shortness of breath) requiring hospitalization AND a history of travel from affected geographic areas within 14 days of symptom onset<\/li>\n<li>Fever with severe acute lower respiratory illness (e.g., pneumonia, ARDS) requiring hospitalization and without alternative explanatory diagnosis (e.g., influenza) AND no source of exposure has been identified<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For severe lower respiratory illness in hospitalized patients with no identified epidemiologic risk, clinical features that may increase suspicion of COVID-19 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>acute respiratory distress syndrome<\/li>\n<li>infiltrative process on chest x-ray (e.g., bilateral infiltrates consistent with viral pneumonitis).<\/li>\n<li>bilateral ground-glass opacities on chest computerized tomography<\/li>\n<li>unexplained lymphopenia or thrombocytopenia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you identify a PUI in either the ambulatory, urgent care, outpatient, or inpatient areas, please contact the IMT 24\/7\/365 at <strong>856-968-7900<\/strong> IMMEDIATELY and they will guide you through your next steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please remember that the admission criteria for these patients is the same as those you would use for any respiratory illness.<\/strong> Additional communication with more admission guidance will be forthcoming. <strong>If Patient does not need to be admitted, a call should still be made to IMT as the patient may meet testing criteria by the NJDOH.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep yourself safe!! 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