{"id":11763,"date":"2020-05-09T17:10:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T11:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=11763"},"modified":"2020-05-09T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T11:40:57","slug":"health-ministry-issues-revised-discharge-policy-for-covid-19-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=11763","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry issues revised discharge policy for COVID-19 patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health Ministry issues revised discharge policy for COVID-19 patients<\/h2>\n
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Health Ministry has issued revised discharge policy for COVID-19 patients. As per new policy, very mild, mild and moderate patients can be discharged without COVID-19 test, subject to clinical conditions. Very mild, mild and pre-symptomatic cases admitted to a COVID Care Facility will undergo regular temperature and pulse oximetry monitoring.<\/p>\n

The patient can be discharged after 10 days of symptom onset and no fever for 3 days. There will be no need for testing prior to discharge. The patient will be advised to follow the home isolation for further 7 days. If they develop symptoms of fever, cough or breathing difficulty again, they must contact the COVID Care Centre or State helpline or 1075.<\/p>\n

As per the revised policy, the moderate cases will undergo monitoring of body temperature and oxygen saturation. If the fever resolves within 3 days and the patient maintains saturation above 95 percent for the next 4 days, the patient will be discharged after 10 days of symptom onset provided there is no fever or breathlessness.<\/p>\n

Patients on oxygenation whose fever does not resolve within 3 days and demand of oxygen therapy continues will be discharged only after resolution of clinical symptoms and ability to maintain oxygen saturation for 3 consecutive days. Discharge criteria for severe cases will be based on clinical recovery and testing of patient by RT-PCR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Health Ministry issues revised discharge policy for COVID-19 patients File Pic Health Ministry has issued revised discharge policy for COVID-19 patients. As per new policy, very mild, mild and moderate patients can be discharged without COVID-19 test, subject to clinical conditions. Very mild, mild and pre-symptomatic cases admitted to a COVID Care Facility will undergo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid19","category-health-sector"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t