The Control and Control Center in Dubai has set standards and conditions for the management of quarantine and isolation for people with Corona virus (Covid-19), according to which patients are admitted to “non-hospital” isolation facilities, or hospital admissions, and a mechanism for dealing with infected cases of different degrees, to ensure better application Standards and procedures that limit the spread of the Corona virus emerging (Covid-19), and contribute to providing the best services in support of health care until patients recover.
The newly established Corona Virus Control and Control Center in Dubai has issued a guide for the management of quarantine and sanitary insulation in establishments (other than hospitals) in light of the spread of the new Corona virus, with the aim of providing guidance to all concerned with managing quarantine and institutional isolation facilities, whether in buildings or hotels.
The Control and Control Center currently supervises the management of a group of isolation and institutional stone buildings in accordance with the evidence approved by the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority. The Dubai Health Authority also manages a group of isolation and quarantine buildings, and the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in the Emirate of Dubai manages hotel establishments contributing to this aspect .
The guide outlined conditions and criteria for eligibility for a person with “corona” isolation in “non-hospital” facilities to include adults who are at least 18 years of age and no more than 60 years old. Those under 18 years of age can be admitted with an adult, as well as patients who are confirmed to have “covid” -19 », and they do not suffer from symptoms or have slight symptoms, and they do not have risk factors for chronic diseases and immune diseases, and in the absence of a suitable home isolation environment, and the presence of other individuals in the house who suffer from chronic diseases or a lack of immunity with difficulty isolating them.
The guide also identified categories that are excluded from institutional isolation, the necessity of admission to the hospital, who are «patients with unstable conditions, patients with pneumonia, pregnant women and women in the six-week postpartum period, children, and adolescents under 18 years of age if they are not accompanied by an adult with The same family, patients with mental and mental illnesses, patients with risk factors such as those over 50 years old, critical heart diseases such as ischemic heart disease, diabetes, irregular high blood pressure, and chronic respiratory lung disease including moderate and severe asthma, And chronic kidney disease Kidney failure, chronic liver disease, in addition to cancer patients under treatment, patients taking biological or immunosuppressive drugs, patients who underwent organ transplantation, people with obesity in any age group, any health conditions that affect immunity, and the patient's need for tools Special equipment, life, service, education or rehabilitation, which is difficult to provide in institutional isolation rooms.
The guide clarified the roles and responsibilities of the management team, which was to manage the process of transferring patients from public and private health care facilities to quarantine and institutional isolation facilities, ensuring full documentation and accuracy of patient information in a safety and immunity system, managing patient experience and ensuring that their basic needs are met; adequate housing Food, safety and health care standards, and a laundry service during their stay in the facility, and coordinating with the health authority in charge of overseeing the facility, whether it is the Dubai Health Authority or private health care facilities, to ensure compliance with the follow-up and examination periodical For patients, according to the guidelines adopted.
The Control and Control Center in Dubai emphasized that there is an application for a system for following up the medical team in a way that ensures the receipt of the results of laboratory tests for patients directly, and to ensure the commitment to record patient data in the system of “immunity” and patient management in the facility according to the results of their tests, and follow-up with the medical team to make sure Exit patients in a timely manner in accordance with the established standards, update this in electronic systems, including the “safety” system and “immunity” system, and commit to submit periodic reports to all patients inmates in the facility according to the details and timetable approved by the control and control center to combat the Coron virus A, and ensure that you follow the guidelines for the management of institutional isolation, and make sure to follow the guidelines for infection control in the rooms of institutions of isolation facilities.
Regarding the examination instructions and exit criteria for isolation, the center explained that patients with Covid-19 do not show symptoms or show mild symptoms and were admitted to an institutional isolation facility, the injured is isolated after the first positive PCR test, and the test is repeated on the day Tenth and 12th, from the day of the first test, and if the result is positive, the test is repeated every 24 hours until two consecutive negative results are obtained with a difference of below 24 hours between them, and the patient is removed by the isolation facility management team if several requirements are met, and confirmed By the medical staff and they complete a 14-day period in The emergence of insulation, or by health authorities directives, and the lack of symptoms or fever for at least two days before patients take out, and the emergence of two results negative keywords in a row to test «Kovid -19», the patient does not require entry in the quarantine period after leaving the isolation facility.
Mixing with patients
The Center for Control and Control in Dubai confirmed that patients suspected of being infected with or in contact with patients infected with (Covid-19) and were admitted to the institutional quarantine facility, they must remain in the quarantine facility for 14 days, and no test (Covid-19) is taken PCR during the quarantine period as long as no symptoms appear. (Covid-19) PCR test is performed as soon as symptoms appear, and the patient follows the isolation procedures if the test result is positive and the patient is transferred to the isolation facility or hospital based on the severity of the condition, and the patient can be removed from the quarantine facility on day 14 if the test result is negative, And the patient is free of symptoms.
The Control and Control Center is currently overseeing the management of a group of isolation and institutional stone buildings.
The guide specifies the conditions for entitlement of a person who is suffering from "corona" isolation in "non-hospital" facilities.