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INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL BEST PRACTICES<br />

FOR LONG TERM CARE AND COMMUNITY CARE INCLUDING HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND AMBULATORY CLINICS<br />

APPENDIX II – FACT SHEET (D)<br />

SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR FEBRILE RESPIRATORY<br />

ILLNESS (FRI)<br />

Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance<br />

EXAMPLE OF CLIENT/ RESIDENT<br />

SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE<br />

Date: ______________________ Time: ____________________<br />

Name: _________________________________________________<br />

� Y � N New or worsening cough<br />

� Y � N Shortness of breath (worse than usual)<br />

� Y � N Fever within the past 24 hours<br />

CLINICIAN SHOULD CONSIDER DONNING PERSONAL<br />

PROTECTION EQUIPMENT IF FEVER, PLUS ONE OR TWO<br />

ABOVE CLIENT SYMPTONS, ARE PRESENT.<br />

Client has reported the following symptoms:<br />

� Y � N Muscle aches<br />

� Y � N Severe fatigue, feeling unwell<br />

� Y � N Severe headache, (worse than usual)<br />

� Y � N New rash associated with fever<br />

� Y � N Recent travel to: _________________________<br />

� Y � N Contact with sick person with Hx of recent travel<br />

Notes:<br />

Completed by:<br />

Download at:<br />

http://www.peelregion.ca/health/professionals/index.htm<br />

© 2005 Adapted from BC Centre for Disease <strong>Control</strong><br />

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