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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on 18 May, updated its strategy for testing coronavirus disease Covid-19 as the number of infected people crossed 90,000-mark.
The revised strategy proposes:
1. All symptomatic (ILI symptoms) individuals with a history of international travel in the last 14 days.
2. All symptomatic (ILI symptoms) contacts of laboratory-confirmed cases.
3. All symptomatic (ILI symptoms) health care workers/frontline workers involved in containment and mitigation of COVID19.
4. All patients of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).
5. Asymptomatic direct and high-risk contacts of a confirmed case to be tested once between day 5 and day 10 of coming into contact.
6. All symptomatic ILI within hotspots/containment zones.
7. All hospitalized patients who develop ILI symptoms.
8. All symptomatic ILI among returnees and migrants within 7 days of illness.
9. No emergency procedure (including deliveries) should be delayed for lack of test. However, the sample can be sent for testing if indicated as above (1-8), simultaneously.
(ILI case is defined as - 'one with acute respiratory infection with a fever greater than equal to 38 degrees AND cough')
Note: The original document is attached as pdf.
Source: https://www.icmr.gov.in/
The revised strategy proposes:
1. All symptomatic (ILI symptoms) individuals with a history of international travel in the last 14 days.
2. All symptomatic (ILI symptoms) contacts of laboratory-confirmed cases.
3. All symptomatic (ILI symptoms) health care workers/frontline workers involved in containment and mitigation of COVID19.
4. All patients of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).
5. Asymptomatic direct and high-risk contacts of a confirmed case to be tested once between day 5 and day 10 of coming into contact.
6. All symptomatic ILI within hotspots/containment zones.
7. All hospitalized patients who develop ILI symptoms.
8. All symptomatic ILI among returnees and migrants within 7 days of illness.
9. No emergency procedure (including deliveries) should be delayed for lack of test. However, the sample can be sent for testing if indicated as above (1-8), simultaneously.
(ILI case is defined as - 'one with acute respiratory infection with a fever greater than equal to 38 degrees AND cough')
Note: The original document is attached as pdf.
Source: https://www.icmr.gov.in/
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Dr. D●●●●●H S●●●, C●●●●●) Diabetology
Whether ICMR posted any guidelines on duty Doctors in OPD with PPE,like N95,FACE SHIELD, gloves and 2 goj duri ,will be excluded when his previous handled patients found positive and dr will be excluded from Home quarantined, expert opinion
May 18, 2020Like1
N●●a R●●●●●r General Management
Hi Dr. Saha, the health ministry has recently updated the PPE guidelines.
You may check it our here: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/UpdatedAdditionalguidelinesonrationaluseofPersonalProtectiveEquipmentsettingapproachforHealthfunctionariesworkinginnonCOVID19areas.pdf
May 19, 2020Like1
