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Considerations for infection prevention and control practices in relation to respiratory viral infections in healthcare settings.
How to manage healthcare settings during the respiratory diseases seasonal peak?
Read our report here: http://bit.ly/3HEWdDe
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1622663765115248658
We recommend healthcare facilities maintain & strengthen infection prevention and control measures, due to high co-circulation of #SARSCoV2, #influenza, #RSV and other respiratory viruses.
The implementation should be based on an approach that considers all these viruses.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1622663767933833216
IPC mitigates the spread of respiratory viruses within healthcare facilities:
- administrative measures (triage & placement of patients)
- standard precautions (e.x. #HandHygiene) with use of personal protective equipment (#PPE)
- environmental measures (cleaning & ventilation).
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1622663772086181905
Additional IPC interventions include ensuring physical distancing measures, particularly in common areas and home visiting services for vulnerable patients, and if feasible, avoiding crowded outpatient and emergency services.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1622663774623698945
The measures can be adjusted when the period of high community transmission is over.
Vaccination for seasonal #influenza and #COVID19 should be offered to all healthcare facility staff.
Read more: http://bit.ly/3HEWdDe
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1622663777161289736
The simultaneous circulation of different viruses poses a significant challenge for the management of large numbers of patients with respiratory viral infections and may lead to outbreaks in #HealthcareSettings.
Read our full press release: https://bit.ly/3HEWdDe
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1622663770127441938