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– Both of them should go to be tested first, and if they are negative they go to work and if they are positive they stay at home, but I don’t think they should go unconscious, they may be free of symptoms but still have them, says the nurse assistant Åsa in Malmö.
The new rules of conduct, which arrived in the fall, to limit the spread of the infection says that if someone in a family has COVID-19, other adults and high school students in the family should also be at home, even if they have no symptoms.
But this only applies in case of established infection. If someone in the home has cold symptoms, but has not been tested for covid-19 or is waiting for the test result, there are no general rules for others to be at home, not even for those who work in the area of health and care.
The echo has been In contact with 17 of the 21 infection control doctors in the country and the rule of thumb is that nursing and nursing staff can work, as long as you are not showing symptoms, even if you live with someone who has symptoms.
The same applies in relation to tracking infections, in the event of an outbreak, for example in a nursing home (staff can be allowed to work while waiting for test results) as long as they are symptom free.
But this is a topic that has sparked discussions on social media among health and care professionals, who are concerned that the infection will enter the care of the elderly.
Peter Holmström, Unit Manager in the care of the elderly in Malmö, says they have taken several measures to prevent any infection from spreading from symptoms without symptoms, they urge employees to pay special attention to how they feel and have mouth protection in all care close to the elderly.
– We have that protection, and those measures become very important to follow when we have these traces of infection, says Holmström.
Do you feel safe with that?
– I think you never feel safe with this disease, but I feel safe with the measures we take.
The Public Health Agency’s position is that people without symptoms account for only a small proportion of the spread of infection. However, Ekot’s survey of infection control doctors shows that they do things differently in different parts of the country.
Signar Mäkitalo, an infection control doctor in the Sörmland region, says a case-by-case assessment is done, depending on how strong the suspicion is that it is covid-19.
– I consider it quite prudent to do individual evaluations in this case, because in some cases when you go to work, unfortunately there has been a wide spread of the infection between these people if you have spent time with the test results, says Signar Mäkitalo.
