What to do if
you have to live with a monkeypox
patient?
Don't be
worried! Meet the "6
intersections", 6 practices for
people living in the same house as a
monkeypox patient. How to reduce the
risk of monkeypox infection
Do
not make close contact or touch the
patient's skin.
Do not eat
with the patient. Do not share plates,
spoons, forks, and glasses with the
patient.
Do not wash clothes with
the patient.
Do not share
personal items with the patient, such as
clothes, towels, and
bedding.
Separate the bathroom
from the patient. However, if you have
to use the bathroom with the patient,
let the patient use it last. And clean
the toilet bowl or areas that may be
contaminated with secretions with a
cleaning solution every time after
use.
Separate waste that has come
into contact with secretions, such as
blood, fluid from a rash or blisters,
and throw them in an infectious waste
bin.
Therefore, if you have to
live with a monkeypox patient, you can
follow these "6 intersections"
to reduce the risk of infection.
Separate living quarters, separate
belongings, and do not touch until the
patient is no longer contagious, which
is until the patient's rash,
blisters, or wounds scab over, the scabs
fall off, and the skin is
normal.
If you are at risk Or
suspected of being infected with
monkeypox, you can go to a hospital for
examination by informing the staff of
your symptoms and risk history. Or ask
for more information at the Department
of Disease Control hotline
1422
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