The Ministry Of Health Teach Ways To Wash Patient Clothes Who have Covid-19 infection
Follow this cart to the full guide on how to properly clean the patient cloth for those who are quarantine at home.
Our country’s medical equipment is already facing a serious burden. Therefore, the authorities have decided that starting from January, those with no symptoms or mild symptoms, who are not from high-risk groups such as senior citizens and chronic disease patients, will be isolated and treated at home. During this period, it will be strictly monitored by health officials.
Remember to always keep yourself in clean and follow the procedures properly when attending to Covid-19 patient at home.
Moreover, due to the large number of cases in some states and counties, it may not be possible for all close contacts to be tested. Therefore, those who are in close contact with the confirmed patient must be isolated at home. People are urged to stay alone in the room for isolation during home isolation or treatment, and the room should preferably have a separate bathroom. However, how should patients’ clothes be handled?
The Ministry of Health released a picture to teach family members or housemates who are caring for patients with coronary disease in home isolation how to wash the clothes and linens used by the patients.
Methods of washing clothes and cloth products used by patients with coronary disease:
- Dirty clothes and linen products (sheets, towels, etc.) usually used by the patient must be put in a plastic bag or sealed until they are taken for washing.
- Do not mix the patient’s clothes with the clothes of other family members or housemates.
- When handling dirty clothes and linen products of patients, masks and disposable gloves must be worn.
- Don’t hit these dirty clothes and linen products, because the virus can spread into the air.
- You can use clean water and ordinary laundry detergent to wash clothes and linen products.
- However, it is best to use hot water to wash clothes and linen products, including washing machines whose water temperature is between 60 and 90 degrees Celsius; for handwashing, soak clothes and linen products in a bucket filled with hot water before washing.
- After washing clothes, take off gloves and wash hands with water and soap.
- Dry the laundry and linen products in the sun.
- After drying clothes, you must wash your hands again.
So if you have patients in your home who are isolated or treated at home, remember to follow these methods to deal with patients’ clothes!
Covid-19 Frontliner attending to some old folks at home quarantine