Infection Prevention and Control During Health Care When Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Infection is Suspected: Interim Guidance | NLM

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Infection Prevention and Control During Health Care When Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Infection is Suspected: Interim Guidance

01/01/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 1/2020. This three-page guidance is intended for healthcare workers, healthcare managers, and infection prevention and control teams, detailing principles of infection prevention and control strategies associated with health care with suspected novel coronavirus (nCoV). It discusses duration of contact and droplet precautions for nCoV infection, and collection and handling of laboratory specimens from patients with suspected nCoV. (PDF)