Awareness of MERS-CoV among Staff Members of Prince Sultan Military Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saud H Aman; Mohammed I Aljaber; Abdullah I Alwehaibi; Fahad H Aman; Hamad A Algaeed; Sultan M Almasoud; Majed A Alahmari; Omair Al Hussain; Ahmed Elhag

Page 2 of 4 . CC-BY 4.0 International license is made available under a The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It . https://doi.org/10.1101/474205 doi: bioRxiv preprint Which of the following steps for hand hygiene is correct? You can choose more than one answer. ï€ ï€ ï€ Before touching a patient. ï€ ï€ ï€ Before clean/aseptic procedure. ï€ ï€ ï€ After body fluid exposure risk. ï€ ï€ ï€ after touching a patient. ï€ ï€ ï€ after touching patient's surroundings. Choose the correct steps to wash hands. You can choose more than one answer. ï€ ï€ ï€ Wet hands with water. ï€ ï€ ï€ Apply enough soap to cover all hand surface. ï€ ï€ ï€ Rub hands palm to palm. ï€ ï€ ï€ Right palm over left dorsum with interlocked fingers. ï€ ï€ ï€ Back of fingers to opposing palms with fingers interlocked. ï€ ï€ ï€ Rub thumbs. ï€ ï€ ï€ Rinse hands with water. ï€ ï€ ï€ Dry hands with towel. What are the preventive methods to avoid getting infected with corona virus? You can choose more than one answer. ï€ ï€ ï€ Hand washing throughout the day, and before and after every action. ï€ ï€ ï€ Usage of same tissues when sneezing and coughing repetitively. ï€ ï€ ï€ Avoid the infected patients and their contaminated personal belongings. ï€ ï€ ï€ Avoid touching the eyes, ears and nose. ï€ ï€ ï€ When there is no water neither tissues, when sneezing or coughing, cover your nose and mouth with the upper portion of your hand not the palm. ï€ ï€ ï€ Camel milk can be drunken after pasteurization. ï€ ï€ ï€ You can carry personal objects of patients if you wash your hands. ï€ ï€ ï€ Eating fruits and vegetables after washing them. When you suspect that you are being infected with MERS---CoV, what is the one thing you should not do?