Table 3:
Recommended precautions for cancer centers.
| Patients that are symptomatic and have traveled to endemic areas (within 14 days) should be masked and isolated immediately |
| Patients that are without symptoms and have traveled to endemic areas (within 14 days) should be masked, isolated, and assessed. |
| Patients with symptoms and no known travel/exposure: avoid coming to the cancer center and can be screened over the phone: |
| If patient has fever + cough and clinically stable: can get respiratory viral panel (RVP) testing at an urgent care center. If RVP negative, then pursue COVID testing |
| If fever + cough and clinically unstable: should go to the emergency room |
| Dispose of all magazines in the lobby and books in the treatment room and education area |
| Remove all courtesy telephones |
| No snacks or coffee openly available for self-service. They can be handed out by a staff member as requested. Wearing gloves should be recommended for any staff member distributing snacks. |
| There should be a designated isolation room and adjacent bathroom for any patient that needs to be isolated. |
| Gowns, gloves, and masks should be available for clinical teams at designated locations, especially in BMT and leukemia treatment units. |
| Health care providers who will be performing assessments of suspected cases should have had N-95 fit testing. |
| Injections that can be given without exposing patients to infusion: |
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