GUWAHATI: The Assam health and family welfare department issued revised discharge protocol for COVID-19 patients in the State.
According to the protocol, asymptomatic COVID-19 patients will be isolated and treated at COVID care centres.
Asymptomatic individuals with positive RAT/RTPCR test report who continue to remain asymptomatic during their stay in the isolation ward of the hospital can be discharged on 7th day from the date of collection of 1st positive sample if certain criteria are met.
The criteria include—“(a) No fever and no symptoms for at least 3 consecutive days before discharge (without use of antipyretics) (b) Maintain oxygen saturation (SPO2) above 94% for at least 3(three) days without oxygen support (c) Negative RAT test. 1.3) If the 1″ repeat RAT test done on 7th day is positive, the test shall be repeated every 72 hours till negative. 1.4) At the time of discharge, the patient shall be advised home isolation for 10 days (underactive surveillance for 3 days and passive surveillance for 7 days).
On the other hand, the health department issued following protocol for the symptomatic patients:
2.1) All COVID-19 positive symptomatic patients shall be isolated and treated at dedicated
COVID Hospital 2.2) The patients shall undergo regular temperature and oxygen saturation (SPO2) monitoring. 2.3) The patients can be discharged only after 7 days from the date of collection of 15 positive
sample, if the following criteria are met: a) No fever and no symptoms for at least 3 consecutive days before discharge (without
use of antipyretics) b) Maintain oxygen saturation (SPO2) above 94% in room air for at-least 3(three) days
without oxygen support.
- c) Negative RAT test. 2.4) If the 1st repeat RAT test on 7th day is positive, the test shall be repeated every 72 hours till negative. 2.5) At the time of discharge, the patient shall be advised home isolation for 10 days (under
active surveillance for 3 days and passive surveillance for 7 days).
3) COVID-19 positive with severe diseases (including immune-compromised patients e.g HIV
patients, transplant recipients, malignancy etc.) Discharged criteria for severe cases will be based on Clinical recovery and negative RT-PCR test (After resolution of Symptoms) These patients can be discharged from hospital if following criteria are met: a) No fever and no symptoms for at least 3 consecutive days before discharge (without use of antipyretics) b) Maintain oxygen saturation (SPO2) above 94% in room air for at least 3(three) days without
oxygen support c) Negative RTPCR test.
