Interventions for Acute Respiratory Infections

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Age Cohort: 5 - 11 years
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Community Level
  • Community awareness on respiratory hygiene (i.e. covering the mouth and nose during coughing or sneezing with a medical mask, tissue, or a sleeve or flexed elbow followed by hand hygiene)
  • Good hand hygiene practice
  • Use of hand sanitizer
  • Immunization
  • Respiratory hygiene for patients with ARI
  • Recognition of ARI signs and symptoms
  • Rest
  • Adequate fluid intake
  • Nasal saline irrigation
  • Analgesics
Primary Care
  • Proper infection control measures in health care settings
  • Early identification of patients with ARIs to prevent the transmission of ARI pathogens to HCWs and other patients
  • Recognition of ARI signs and symptoms
  • Rest
  • Adequate fluid intake
  • Nasal saline irrigation
  • Analgesics
  • Zinc supplement
  • Mucolytic medications
Referral Facility: General
  • Proper infection control measures in health care settings
  • Early identification of patients with ARIs to prevent the transmission of ARI pathogens to HCWs and other patients
  • History
  • Physical examination
  • Rest
  • Adequate fluid intake
  • Nasal saline irrigation
  • Analgesics
  • Zinc supplement
  • Mucolytic medications
Referral Facility: Specialist
  • Proper infection control measures in health care settings
  • Early identification of patients with ARIs to prevent the transmission of ARI pathogens to HCWs and other patients
  • History
  • Physical examination
  • Rest
  • Adequate fluid intake
  • Nasal saline irrigation
  • Analgesics
  • Zinc supplement
  • Mucolytic medications