so you are sick with coronavirus and in
self quarantine at home there are things
you should do to further minimize the
risks says dr. Erik Troy Pena first pick
a room is your home base the patient is
going to be spending quite a bit of time
in there it's gonna be your spot on only
your spot where you're gonna stay like a
bedroom like a bedroom and really no
other members of the household are gonna
enter that bedroom that bedroom is gonna
be yours for the duration of your
self-isolation
it's two weeks yeah it could be up to
two weeks it may be even longer if your
symptoms last longer if the patient
leaves to go to the bathroom he or she
should wear a face mask if possible at
the moment you step out of the room
we're putting a surgical mask on how you
do that is you take both ends you make
sure you're pinching around the nose to
create a tight seal and putting it
behind your ears you pull the bottom
part all the way below your chin you
want to make sure that it covers your
nose completely and covers your mouth
completely in order to catch any viral
particles that you may have if you cough
or sneeze the bathroom is a potential
hot spot for germs here's how to deal
with it you want to wipe down all the
surfaces that you're likely to touch so
wiping down the door handles on both
sides of the door so the inside and the
outside wiping down the surface of the
sink and especially the handle of the
sink where you're gonna be kind of
turning the water and faucet on and off
and then this the the handle on the
toilet are all important areas where
you're going to be touching those you
could be contaminating those surfaces
and here's a tip if you use an aerosol
to disinfect your house services like
this I actually prefer to just spray
them and let the chemical just kind of
sit on the surface that's it and and
because it maximizes the contact time
that the chemical has to kill the virus
and activate the virus in the laundry
room the infected person should load
their clothes themselves but you can
wash everyone's laundry together this is
actually a pretty low risk area other
than the transport of the dirty clothing
to the laundry washing clothes together
drying them together there really is no
risk I mean the water is gonna wash away
any viral particles the soaps gonna
destroy it like I said it's an easy
virus to kill so this is a pretty low
risk area just be mindful of the
surfaces and the knobs and there's a
protocol to follow if you're having food
delivered I'm having deliveries right to
the door having someone just leave it
right outside the door is probably the
safest way to have food delivered and
you can just make a little note when the
delivery service kind of please leave
food at door