A bathroom for use by the patient(s) with MERS should be close by.
Consider the use of patient urinal or bedpan in lieu of a bathroom.
In AMT aircraft with vertical litter tiers and top-to-bottom air flow, MERS litter patients should be placed in the lowest position in the tier.
Ambulatory MERS patients should be seated next to the cabin sidewall.
Patients should wear a surgical mask, if tolerated, to reduce respiratory droplet production.
If transport of a non-MERS patient simultaneously with MERS patient(s) cannot be avoided, the non-MERS patient should wear an N-95 or higher-level respirator during transport and should be positioned upwind and as far as possible from the MERS patient. Patients unable to tolerate the use of an N-95 or higher-level respirator should not be transported with a MERS patient.
If several confirmed MERS patients are transported, they may be moved as a group (cohorted) in an aircraft that provides appropriate airflow characteristics as described above.