Care for the Sick
• If the unwell individual needs to go to the bathroom while waiting for
medical assistance, a separate bathroom must be used, if available, which
should be properly disinfected (WHO, 2020).
• Patents should be placed in adequately ventilated space (WHO, 2020).
• If more suspected cases are detected and if individual spaces are not available,
patients suspected of being infected with COVID-19 should be grouped
together in a previously indicated space (WHO, 2020).
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• All patients’ beds to be placed at least 1 meter apart whether they are
suspected of having COVID-19 infection (WHO, 2020).
• In case of death caused by the virus, staff should follow the policy on death of a
resident (next of kin notification, and all other sections of the Policy, Serious Injury, Illness or
Death of a Resident, should be followed) (ICPA, 2020).
• Expand infirmary for the infected (ICPA, 2020).
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