Author: Patricia Rios; Amruta Radhakrishnan; Sonia M. Thomas; Nazia Darvesh; Sharon E. Straus; Andrea C. Tricco
Title: Guidelines for preventing respiratory illness in older adults aged 60 years and above living in long-term care: A rapid review of clinical practice guidelines Document date: 2020_3_26
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Snippet: • When a single room is not available, and cohorting of ill residents is not possible, a resident with a respiratory illness may be cared for in a room with a roommate(s) who does not have a respiratory illness. This is the least favourable option. In this case -residents' beds should be separated by at least one metre -the curtain should be kept drawn between residents' beds the roommate must be vaccinated against influenza with the current se.....
Document: • When a single room is not available, and cohorting of ill residents is not possible, a resident with a respiratory illness may be cared for in a room with a roommate(s) who does not have a respiratory illness. This is the least favourable option. In this case -residents' beds should be separated by at least one metre -the curtain should be kept drawn between residents' beds the roommate must be vaccinated against influenza with the current season's vaccine prior to that year's season starting or at least two weeks prior to being in the same room as the ill resident. • In shared rooms (both cohorted with like illness and residents with and without illness), staff must ensure they change their PPE and perform hand hygiene when moving between residents.
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