Health authorities in the country have set standards to allow home isolation for confirmed cases of corona virus, provided that the decision of home isolation is made based on a medical evaluation by the attending physician, either upon examination, or upon confirmation of the diagnosis, or upon discharge due to improved symptoms, noting To the existence of five clinical criteria for the exit of a Corona patient from the hospital and his transfer to care and domestic isolation, in addition to specifying three exceptions to exit during the isolation, and two conditions for ending the domestic isolation imposed on the patient.
In detail, the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, the Health Authority in Dubai, and the Abu Dhabi Center for Public Health issued a directory of contacts with patients with the emerging coronavirus, during which it confirmed that the eligible criteria for domestic isolation include that the patient be an adult over the age of 18 While it is permissible to isolate children or infants in the event that the parents are educated, they can care and follow the health of the child in isolation, and if one or both parents and one or more children are injured at home, and they do not suffer from chronic diseases, and the infected persons have no symptoms, or they have mild symptoms There are no risk factors, and a Motivational strabismus who need home care, and that there is a responsible person and the learner is committed to the implementation of home isolation and treatment when necessary, in addition to allow home state of isolation in a single room with good ventilation and a separate bathroom.
The evidence, of which Emirates Today obtained a copy, indicated that the requirements for home or institutional isolation with medical care include the availability of one well-ventilated room, the decision of the patient to approve, and the signing of a declaration with full knowledge of the legal consequences of non-compliance with the rules and instructions for domestic isolation, and doing The treating team assesses whether the patient and his family are able to adhere to the recommended precautions for home care, and their ability to adhere to safety standards.
The evidence showed that light cases can be discharged from the hospital, if this is medically appropriate, provided that they are isolated at home or in an institution with medical care, noting that the expulsion of “Covid-19” patients from the hospital, and their transfer to home care or other types Of care and isolation outside the hospital is based on a number of clinical criteria, including the absence of fever for more than three days, improvement of the symptoms of the respiratory system, x-ray imaging that shows a clear improvement in pneumonia, the lack of need for in-hospital care, in addition to the medical evaluation by the treating physician .
The evidence stressed the need to take 14 days of additional isolation after discharge from the hospital, with regular health monitoring through follow-up visits and phone calls to follow up on the case, provided that the patient's home is equipped for isolation, and that the patient take all the necessary precautions, and the guide also identified three exceptions during a period Isolation and stone, which is: leaving the house for re-examination, or symptoms of shortness of breath, in addition to the need to obtain personal necessities from food and medicine.
The evidence showed that the criteria for termination of home isolation depend on the clinical condition and laboratory tests of the patient, so that he does not have a fever or any respiratory symptoms, and the patient with repeated polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is monitored after seven days as long as the result is positive, and when the result becomes negative, it must Confirm it through another test after 24 hours, and if the results are negative and the patient does not have a fever or any respiratory symptoms, home isolation can be stopped, indicating that if two consecutive tests were conducted over a period of more than 24 separate hours, the patient was clinically stable Without active complaints, It was made is not contagious, and begin to end the isolation of domestic.
6 categories are not allowed to be isolated locally
The competent health authorities have identified six categories of patients whose home isolation is prohibited, namely: children under 18 years old, adults over 60 years old, patients with very serious illness or critical conditions, such as unstable patients with pneumonia, pregnant and postpartum women, and patients Those who suffer from mental illness, and elderly patients who suffer from multiple accompanying chronic diseases, in addition to patients who have inherent defects of cardiac conduction.
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Exceptions to the patient's discharge during the isolation period.
- Determine 14 days of additional isolation after discharge from the hospital with regular health monitoring.