How to prevent the spread of infection:
- Isolate symptomatic residents until 48 hrs after resolution of symptoms.
- Exclude symptomatic staff from work until 48 hrs after resolution of symptoms.
- Avoid cooking and helping to prepare meals for others until 48 hours after symptoms have stopped.
- Reinforce hand hygiene with soap and warm water only (DO NOT use alcohol-based hand rub as this has limited effectiveness against some diarrhoeal diseases).
- Enhanced cleaning of the environment, surfaces, and toilets with detergent followed by disinfection with a chlorine -based product (1,000ppm available chlorine).
- Wear appropriate PPE (disposable apron & gloves)
- Transfer of residents to hospital or other settings should be avoided unless medically required. If a transfer is necessary, inform the ambulance provider and the receiving hospital/setting of the outbreak prior to arrival.
- Inform visitors including health professionals of the outbreak and the need for thorough hand washing, using soap and warm water.