Page updated 30 April 2007
Management of Patients with Chickenpox & Shingles
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Patients with Chickenpox
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Patients with chickenpox should be transferred to a properly ventilated isolation unit. If not, Source Isolate the patient in a side room with the door shut and window open.
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Patients with Shingles
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Patients with shingles, especially of the trigeminal distribution should be nursed in Source Isolation.
Patients should be nursed by staff who know they they have had chicken pox (either by history or by antibody testing) and are therefore immune. In the case of inadvertent exposure, the ward staff will create a list of contacts (See Contact Tracing Form) and establish whether any patients or staff need their antibody status checked.
The list is sent to the Infection Control Team who will send copies to Microbiologists / Virologists and Occupational Health staff.
Further action is decided by Microbiologists / Virologists.
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