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COVID-19 Procedure: Discharge Standards and Follow-up Plan for COVID-19 Patients
COVID-19 Procedure: Discharge Standards and Follow-up Plan for COVID-19 Patients

COVID-19 Procedure: Discharge Standards and Follow-up Plan for COVID-19 Patients

Follow this COVID-19 procedure to assess patients for discharge and follow up with them appropriately. This can be used as a checklist to follow each time or printed out to provide a best practices document. Page 45.
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COVID-19 Procedure: Discharge Standards and Follow-up Plan for COVID-19 Patients:
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Enter checklist details
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Pre-Discharge:
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Check patient status against discharge standards
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Assess the need for medication after discharge
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Refer self-isolation measures
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Arrange the follow-up appointments
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Discharged patient asymptomatic:
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Send home to isolation
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Perform 48 hour follow-up call
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Perform 1 week follow-up appointment
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Perform 2 week follow-up appointment
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Perform 1 month follow-up appointment
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Perform 3 month follow-up call
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Perform 6 month follow-up call
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Patient tests positive for C0VID-19 post-discharge:
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Follow re-isolation procedures
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Sources:
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