COVID-19 Information for High Risk Patients

Steps you can take to decrease your risk of COVID-19

• Minimize your contact with other individuals. This is a practice known as "social distancing." Only leave your home when necessary and do not invite people to your home that do not live there. Try to maintain a distance of at least 6 feet from others when not at home.


• If you do need to leave your home, avoid groups of larger than 10 people.  Practice social distancing when in a group setting.


• Frequently wash or sanitize your hands. Hands should be washed for at least 20 seconds with soap and water or cleaned using hand sanitizer whenever you touch a public surface such as door knobs, light switches or other surfaces.


• Avoid touching your face. If you must touch your face, perform hand hygiene as above before and after.


• Clean your phone, computer or other hard surfaces that you touch often at least once daily using a disinfectant wipe approved for use on that surface.


• Avoid contact with other individuals who have symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing, sneezing, runny nose or fever.


• Practice good etiquette by coughing or sneezing into your elbow or a tissue.  Clean hands after using a tissue and dispose of it promptly.


• Avoid shaking hands or physically contacting others in a public setting.


• Take all your routine scheduled medications and maintain good control over any chronic medical conditions.


• If you smoke or vape, stop. Smoking and vaping appear to significantly increase your risk of illness or death from COVID-19.


• If you or your employer have Return To Work (RTW) related questions or concerns regarding High Risk Population policy please contact Marshfield Clinic Health System Occupational HealthWORKS COVID-19 Response team at: occhltcr@marshfieldclinic.org
  


• If you have general questions about COVID-19, please call our patient COVID-19 helpline at 1-877-998-0880
  


• If you begin to feel ill and need medical advice or believe that you may need an appointment, please call Marshfield Clinic Health System's Nurseline at 1-844-342-6276. Our Nurseline is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.