H1N1

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H1N1

• Community Medical Center
• Employees

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Employees

• When H1N1 present in region
• Take your temperature daily prior to work.
• If your temperature is greater than 100, please
  stay home for 7 days.
• The screening form is in your flu kit as well as
  on the intranet.
• Mask yourself or pt when caring for ill pts.
• Wear N95 mask when caring for pts.
• Utilize physical barrier (glass window) between
  you and patients when available.
• Socially distance yourself from others by 6 ft
  when possible.

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Patients

• Mask coughing patients and visitors.
• Scripting I noticed that you have a cough/appear
  ill. Would you please put on this mask and Ill
  assist you directly to a room so that you can be
  taken care of promptly.
• Masks and alcohol scrub available at all
  entrances.
• Room ill pts. as soon as possible.
• Limit entry to isolation rooms to one visitor and
  those who are giving care only.
• Nursing staff is responsible for housekeeping
  tasks in isolation rooms (H1N1).
• Only hospitalized pts will be sent for
  confirmatory testing if ordered.
• Practitioners may diagnose with rapid test or
  through signs and symptoms.

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Patients

• Pts with H1N1 will be direct admitted.
• Registration will be by phone or by family
  members.
• Clergy will visit by phone if possible.
• See Novel virus plan and grid for current
  treatment, testing, vaccination, PPE and
  Infection Prevention recommendations.
• New Policies available
• ER Negative airflow
• Surge Capacity
• Altered Standards of Care with Surge Capacity.

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Infection Prevention

• Clean shared items and areas at least 2x/shift.
• This includes phones, pens, counters, door knobs
  and elevator buttons, etc.

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