Question

How would you as a pediatric nurse discuss the novel coronavirus and safe measures to children ages 5-12 years old? How would you explain preventive measures Daycare/Head Start employees should take to prevent the spread of the illness? 500 words. with reference

Answer 1

About Novel coronavirus

1. Name of the virus - SARs-CoV-2
2. Name of the disease caused by the virus - COVID-19
3. The family of the virus - Coronaviridae
4. First discovered in (time) - late December 2019
5. First discovered ( Place) - Wuhan, Hubei, China
6. The genetic material is closely related to coronavirus virus infecting bats ( this virus cannot infect humans)
7. The match in the genetic material is 86%
8. There is an intermediate host - not yet discovered - it is believed the coronavirus infecting the bats became pathogenic to humans in the intermediate host.
9. incubation period - 4 days
10. The virus is shed in sputum, blood, feces, urine.
11. The virus shedding start 24 hr prior to the development of symptoms
12. The virus is shed for a total duration of 37 days.
13. The mode of spread - droplet infection, via fomites
14. Poor outcomes are associated with - age > 60yrs, hypertension, cardiac disease, high d-dimer levels.
15. Samples that can be used for testing for COVID-19 - nasopharyngeal swab, throat swab, sputum, bronchial wash,
16. The test used for the diagnosis - Real-time Polymerase chain reaction test

The measure children/ daycare employee can take to prevent COVID-19:-

1. Regular hand washing
2. Cough etiquettes - Covering you face while coughing and sneezing with your cubital fossa
3. Stay away from people who cough ( at least 2 metres). The distance the pathogen can travel in the droplet nuclei is 1-2 meters.
4. Avoid traveling.
5. Stay at home.
6. Consult a doctor if there are symptoms.
7. Wear a mask and change it is regularly (N-95 mask can be worn for 8 hours)
8. You can eat well-cooked non -vegetarian foodstuff
9. Vaccination against influenza
10. Chemoprophylaxis - Tab. hydroxychloroquine 400 mg for BD, f/b 400 mg once a week for 7 weeks.