IMA – CMAAO Guidelines for Hospitals, Nursing homes, CLINICS and OFFICES
Dr Rajan Sharma, Dr RV Asokan, Dr KK Aggarwal
In the unfortunate event if there is a confirmed case of COVID-19 from amongst any employees’ what would be the right step to undertake for the office premise.
• Issue one circular that if anyone or in his or her family is having with fever and cough, he or she should immediately notify the management
• People with cough and fever gets paid leave, work from home
• All with cough and fever should take tele consultation with doctor without delay
• De-contaminate all surfaces of the office in the night with 0.1% bleach as done in any hospitals or washrooms at home
• All persons should enter the office after cleaning the hands with soap and water or 70% alcohol-based sanitiser
• Make sanitisers in your office (70% isopropyl alcohol and 30% PEG or aloe vera gel)
• Wash hands after lunch break, and joining after lunch break, and at signing off
• No biometric attendance
• No touching of papers and currency with oral saliva
• If someone corona infected attends the office, fumigate that room immediately, all persons of that room go for home working
• No international visitors in the office without prior risk assessment
• No leave to be given for people to visit their state and come back
• All employees are directed to inform if they have met anyone with fever and cough visiting from affected countries or Indian states
• If anyone disobeys his services will be terminated and police informed under section 270 IPC)
• Office shut down can only be decided by government under epidemic disease act, if someone is positive
• 50+ people in any organisation with comorbid conditions needs special precautions. People with comorbid conditions should immediately disclose their illnesses to the management
• Follow and greet with only corona namaste, no contact policy, no elbow touch- no shake hands
• Use Tele meetings as much as possible
• Doctors at high risk with comorbid conditions should not see patients with fever and cough or wear N 95 masks
• All should disinfect mobile phones before entering the office
• Disinfects office and personal cars daily
• Eligible people should get flu and pneumonia vaccination done, so that they do not end up with preventable illnesses
• Safai karamcharis should wear gloves and take special precautions
• All persons should give daily undertakings that they are not on cough syrups or anti fever drugs
• No lose tablets to be dispensed
• Surgical masks should be available at the reception desk, entry of labs, imaging centers for anyone who develops fever and or cough
• Separate line in hospital reception, labs, imaging centers for people with cough, Fever. They all should be on surgical masks.
• All visitors should be checked for fever, made to wash hands and undertaking that they do not have fever and or cough
• Even one bought of cough and feverish feeling cannot be ignored
• Enough tissue papers to be made available
• Send circulars of how to wash hands, cough etiquettes and respiratory hygiene
• Doorknobs, handles, toilet seats, to be cleaned after every use
• The employee and his close contacts should follow the clinical protocol to be quarantined/isolated.
• Doctors should always write what physicians should do when examining patients. Like abbreviated physical exam, only necessary ones. Examine heart and chest standing at back etc.
Dr Rajan Sharma, Dr RV Asokan, Dr KK Aggarwal
In the unfortunate event if there is a confirmed case of COVID-19 from amongst any employees’ what would be the right step to undertake for the office premise.
• Issue one circular that if anyone or in his or her family is having with fever and cough, he or she should immediately notify the management
• People with cough and fever gets paid leave, work from home
• All with cough and fever should take tele consultation with doctor without delay
• De-contaminate all surfaces of the office in the night with 0.1% bleach as done in any hospitals or washrooms at home
• All persons should enter the office after cleaning the hands with soap and water or 70% alcohol-based sanitiser
• Make sanitisers in your office (70% isopropyl alcohol and 30% PEG or aloe vera gel)
• Wash hands after lunch break, and joining after lunch break, and at signing off
• No biometric attendance
• No touching of papers and currency with oral saliva
• If someone corona infected attends the office, fumigate that room immediately, all persons of that room go for home working
• No international visitors in the office without prior risk assessment
• No leave to be given for people to visit their state and come back
• All employees are directed to inform if they have met anyone with fever and cough visiting from affected countries or Indian states
• If anyone disobeys his services will be terminated and police informed under section 270 IPC)
• Office shut down can only be decided by government under epidemic disease act, if someone is positive
• 50+ people in any organisation with comorbid conditions needs special precautions. People with comorbid conditions should immediately disclose their illnesses to the management
• Follow and greet with only corona namaste, no contact policy, no elbow touch- no shake hands
• Use Tele meetings as much as possible
• Doctors at high risk with comorbid conditions should not see patients with fever and cough or wear N 95 masks
• All should disinfect mobile phones before entering the office
• Disinfects office and personal cars daily
• Eligible people should get flu and pneumonia vaccination done, so that they do not end up with preventable illnesses
• Safai karamcharis should wear gloves and take special precautions
• All persons should give daily undertakings that they are not on cough syrups or anti fever drugs
• No lose tablets to be dispensed
• Surgical masks should be available at the reception desk, entry of labs, imaging centers for anyone who develops fever and or cough
• Separate line in hospital reception, labs, imaging centers for people with cough, Fever. They all should be on surgical masks.
• All visitors should be checked for fever, made to wash hands and undertaking that they do not have fever and or cough
• Even one bought of cough and feverish feeling cannot be ignored
• Enough tissue papers to be made available
• Send circulars of how to wash hands, cough etiquettes and respiratory hygiene
• Doorknobs, handles, toilet seats, to be cleaned after every use
• The employee and his close contacts should follow the clinical protocol to be quarantined/isolated.
• Doctors should always write what physicians should do when examining patients. Like abbreviated physical exam, only necessary ones. Examine heart and chest standing at back etc.
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