Covid-19 Response
by admin | Jun 2, 2020 | iCare |
- Take your temperature daily is possible and communicate with your supervisor that you are in good health to deliver services that day (Via Ring Central)
- Contact your clients daily, to verify they are in good health to receive services this day (communicate this to your coordinator as well)
- If upon your arrival you find someone is ill, you can leave the home and notify your supervisor
- A medical note will be required
- Wash yours and your clients hands every 30-minutes, or as needed (sneeze, cough etc.,)
- To avoid any imposition to the family, if you are washing your hands alone, bring your own soap in a sterilized container
- Do not enter your clients home with your shoes on
- Remove them as you knock on the door, and place them in a plastic bag, wash your hands afterward
- Avoid physical contact with others, including caregivers (shaking hands, hugs, high-fives, fist bumps)
- Attempt to maintain 6-feet of distance, from others in the home
- It will likely be difficult to maintain that distance with your client, however you can sit behind them to minimize being in the direct line of a sneeze/cough
- Wear long sleeves if possible
- Wear gloves if possible (avoid touching your property, as gloves can carry bacteria)
- Ensure that if you cough or sneeze that you “catch it”, into the elbow, into a napkin, or inside of your shirt.
- Always follow up with washing your hands
- Wear a facemask if you are not able to maintain a reasonable distance from the client
- Wear gloves if possible
- Avoid utilizing edible reinforcement, and terminate any feeding protocols
- Parents may facilitate, but do not handle food
- If any family member in the clients home or your own, are showing symptoms; stop all services immediately and have them reach out to healthcare professionals
- If you see multiple clients, you are to suspend services for l your clients, until receipt of medical clearance from the symptomatic party
- Observe all precautions with bodily fluids (refer to Blood Borne Pathogens Training)
- If your client expressing blood, has mucus, or other bodily fluids, ask the parent to intervene immediately
- If you have gloves, you are able to assist in first aid procedures with parent
- If you have gloves you can notify the parent you are wiping the client’s face
- All aforementioned procedures must be follow up with handwashing for yourself and the client
- Washing one’s own face is also suggested
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