National guidance for the management of children in hospital with viral respiratory tract infections (2023)

Updated national guidance1 was issued in October 2023 based on the lessons learnt during COVID-19 in 2020 for the management of children in hospital with viral respiratory tract infections. This includes the application of isolation, segregation, mask wearing and testing for respiratory viruses in the emergency acute unscheduled care pathway. This should ensure that services are maintained, and transmission of respiratory viruses is reduced within the hospital settings. ### Supplementary data [edpract-2024-326993supp001.pdf] ### Supplementary data [edpract-2024-326993supp002.pdf] ### Supplementary data [edpract-2024-326993supp003.pdf] ### Supplementary data [edpract-2024-326993supp004.pdf] ### Supplementary data [edpract-2024-326993supp005.pdf] ### Supplementary data [edpract-2024-326993supp006.pdf] ### Supplementary data [edpract-2024-326993supp007.pdf] Aim: Update recommendations on the management of children in hospital with viral respiratory tract infections are for clinicians to support planning in partnership with local infection prevention control (IPC) teams. Publication date: 20th Sept 2020 Updated: 24th October 2023 Modified 21st March 2024 Key Stakeholders: Clinicians in the emergency department (ED), paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), high dependency unit (HDU), paediatric wards and acute care settings that see patients with respiratory viruses along with parents and carers.