CORONA: PRECAUTIONS / MEDICATIONS
Instructions for the Patient
• Patient should at all times use triple layer medical mask.
Discard mask after 8 hours of use or earlier if they become
wet or visibly soiled.
• Patient must stay in the identified room and away from other
people in home.
• Patient must take rest and drink lot of fluids to maintain
adequate hydration.
• Follow respiratory etiquettes all the time.
• Hands must be washed often with soap and water for at least
40 seconds or clean with alcohol based sanitizer.
• Don’t share personal items with other people.
• Clean surfaces in the room that are touched often (tabletops,
door knobs, handles, etc) with 1% hypochlorite solution.
• The patient must strictly follow the physician’s instructions
and medication advice.
• The patient will self-monitor his/her health with daily
temperature monitoring and report promptly if develops any
deterioration of symptom.
Instructions for care-givers
1 Mask:
• The caregiver should wear a triple layer medical mask
appropriately when in the same room with the ill person.
• If the mask gets wet or dirty with secretions, it must be
changed immediately.
• He/she should avoid touching own face, nose or mouth.
2 Hand hygiene
• Hand hygiene must be ensured following contact with ill
person or his immediate environment.
• Use soap and water for hand washing at least for 40
seconds. Alcohol-based hand rub can be used, if hands
are not visibly soiled.
• Perform hand hygiene before and after removing gloves.
3 Exposure to patient/patient’s environment
• Avoid direct contact with body fluids of the patient, particularly
oral or respiratory secretions. Use disposable gloves while
handling the patient.
• Avoid exposure to potentially contaminated items in his
immediate environment (e.g. avoid sharing cigarettes, eating
utensils, dishes, drinks, used towels or bed linen).
• Food must be provided to the patient in his room.
• Utensils and dishes used by the patient should be cleaned
with soap/detergent and water wearing gloves.Use triple layer
medical mask and disposable gloves while cleaning or
handling surfaces, clothing or linen used by the patient.
• Perform hand hygiene before and after removing gloves.
4 Care of the patient and family members
• The care giver will make sure that the patient follows the
prescribed treatment.
• The care giver and all close contact will self-monitor their
health with daily temperature monitoring and report promptly if
they develop any symptom suggestive of COVID-19 (fever/
cough/difficulty in breathing).
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General Medicines
Tab Vitamin C – 500mg Daily 3: morning / afternoon / night (after
meals) X 2 weeks.
Tab Vitamin D (60K units) – Once daily – after meals in the
morning for 6 days.
Multivitamin + Zinc: Daily 2, morning / night (after meals) for
2 weeks.
Fever: Tab Paracetamol 500mg or 650mg: 2–3 times a day as
per need if temperature is high / body pains are present.
Medicines on
Doctors advise only
Sore throat, Cough & Fever: Tab Azithromycin 500mg
– Once daily after meals in the morning 5 days Or Cap.
Amoxycillin+clavulanic acid 625mg twice daily, morning/night
(after meals)/ 5 days Or Tab. Doxycyclin 100mg. twice a day –
morning / night (after meals) / 5 days.
Cold: Tab Cetrezine 5mg or 10mg or Allegra 120mg or 180mg:
Once daily – after meals for 5 days.
Loose motions: Tab Sporolac: DS: One tablet twice a day:
morning / night (after meals) for 3 days.
Abdominal pain/ buring/ acidity: Tab Pantaprazole 40mg /Tab
Ranitidine 150mg/ Tab.Famotidine 40mg – Once daily – before
meals in the morning.
Anti viral medications: Tab Hydroxy Chloroquine: 200 mg 1st
DAY 200mg – Two tablets twice daily: morning and night (after
meals).
DAY 2 to 5: One tablet twice daily: morning / night (after meals).
Other medicines like Faviparavir etc. as per prescription of doctor.
Monitoring parameters:
1 Temperature: 3 times a day by thermometer (Inform if more
than 100 Degrees F)
2 Oxygen saturation: 3 times a day (Inform if less than 94%)
if Pulseoxymeter is available
3 Breath holding time: 3 times a day (Inform if less than 20
seconds)
4 6 minute walk test: 3 times a day (Inform if less than 94% &
having breathing difficulty).
Nutritious diet
All foods can be taken (Veg/Non Veg).
Dry fruits/fruits to be taken.
Luke warm water 3-4 litres a day.
Milk and pepper 2 times a day.
Contact doctor or 108 urgently if patient has:
Shortness of Breath, Persistent fever, Chest pain, Loss of
Consciousness / Slurring of Speech.
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 
•         • mg 
    .
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•   • 
 . 
• . • 
•      .

•   mgmg
 
•  
•  
 
 
 
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•  :mg
•   
 mg
•  
  
•   DS  
   
•  
  mgmg 
•   mg 
 
  
•  1  .
 2  .
•  
 3 : .
•   :
•   Oxygen saturation <94% .
  
 
   
 34
•  

  
•     
  
 • 
.
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• 
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