Leaflet for adult outpatients with possible or proven Influenza H1N1 ...

Spitalhygiene
Dr. med. Marco Rossi
Frau Dr. med. Sonja Bertschy
Hygienefachteam:
Jeannette Saameli
Manuela Sury
Luzia Vetter
Leaflet for adult outpatients with possible or proven Influenza H1N1
infection
Please follow these instructions:
1. Stay at home until all symptoms including fever and cough have resolved
(fever) or have clearly diminished for at least one day.
2. Avoid all unnecessary visits to your household.
3. Avoid contact to people at high risk for complications of an influenza infection (e.g.
people with chronic disease, immunosuppression, pregnant women, babies and the
elderly above 65 years).
4. Inform people you have had close contact with (household members, people you
have nursed, embraced, kissed or with whom you have shared cutlery with) in the
period of one day precending the onset of symptoms until diagnosis.
The following hygiene precautions help avoid transmission of influenza to other people:
• Avoid shaking hands, coughing or sneezing at people.
• Cover your nose and mouth with a paper tissue when you cough or sneeze.
• Wash your hand soften with water and soap.
• Sleep in separate rooms.
• During daytime, try to stay in a separate room
• Keep other people at a distance of at least one meter.
• Air your home often, especially the rooms shared with other household members.
• Adhere to your prescribed drugs.
• Contact your treating physician if you soffer from side effects of drugs.
• Arrange follow up dates with your physician by phone.
• Weare a mask when leaving your home or when entering a hospital.
• Contact your physician when signs of influenza occur.
• If possible do not use public transport when seeing your physician.
Luzerner Kantonsspital
Spitalhygiene
CH – 6000 Luzern 16
Tel. 041 205 11 11 Zentrale
Tel. 041 205 22 33 direkt
Fax 041 205 22 30
www.ksl.ch
marco.rossi@ksl.ch sonja.bertschy@ksl.ch
jeannette.saameli@ksl.ch
manuela.sury@ksl.ch luzia.vetter@ksl.ch
Merkblatt Pat. Amb. Mit Verd. Auf Oder Bewiesener
Influenza H1N1.Englisch.Doc

Precautions for contacts of adults patients with possible or proven
Influenza H1N1
Close contacts are defined as household members or people whom you have nursed,
embraced, kissed or shared cutlery with in the period of one day precending the onset of
symptoms until seven days after the onset of symptoms.
Adhere to the following precautions:
• By observing hygiene precautions you can avoid transmitting the infection to other
people.
Hygiene precautions against influenza:
1. Wash your hands often with water and soap.
2. Avoid close contact to sick people or their respiratory secretions.
3. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mounth.
4. Do not shake hands and keep a distance of at least one meter to other people.
5. Refrain from embracing or kissing. Do net share cutlery.
Monitor your health in the 7 days following contact with a person suffering from possible or
proven influenza. Take your temperature at least daily or when you feel feverish. Look for
signs of influenza such as:
• Acute fever above 38°
• Malaise or fatigue
• Muscle pain or diffuse body aches
• Running of stuffed nose, cough or sore throat
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