Guidelines for Close Contacts of SARS Patients

According to Department of Health, Close Contact means having cared for, having lived with, or having had direct contact with respiratory secretions and body fluids of a person with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

10 Days After Your Last Contact with a Suspected or Confirmed SARS Case

• Stay at home
• Report each day for check up at the designated clinic if applicable
• Wear a surgical mask or N95 mask at all times as far as possible, unless when e.g. you are eating, showering and sleeping
• If you develop fever, chills, vigor or diarrhoea, consult a doctor or go to hospital and report to UHS
• Avoid close contact with family members and other people
• Avoid sharing food, eating utensils, clothings and towel with family members

Mask Wearing

• Change for a new surgical mask daily
• Avoid touching the inside or outside of your masks and wash hands after touching
• Put your used masks in plastic bags
• Dispose used masks properly into plastic bags
• Family members are encouraged to do so

Maintain Personal Hygiene

• Cover your nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing
• Use tissue paper to hold your spit and dispose into a covered bin
• Wash Hands
  • with liquid soap
  • if you are soiled with respiratory secretions or after using the toilet
  • before eating or touching your eyes, nose and mouth
  • wipe hands dry with paper towel

Maintain Good Indoor Ventilation

Keep Your Environment Clean

• Clean all surfaces with 1:99 diluted domestic bleach daily.  Rinse with water and mop dry
• Use 70% alcohol for metallic surfaces
• Use 1:49 diluted domestic bleach daily on drainage

If you have to stay in Hall, stay in your own room