Nghe An General Hospital quickly implemented anti-epidemic measures when a positive case was detected.

Thanh Chung• June 29, 2021 01:24

(Baonghean.vn) - Immediately after the case appeared, Hanoi General Hospital quickly deployed effective measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic such as: tracing, isolating, blocking, taking samples for testing, spraying disinfectants...

The waiting area of ​​Nghe An General Hospital is arranged with seats spaced apart. Photo: Thanh Cuong

At 7:15 a.m. on June 28, at the Examination Department, Nghe An General Hospital received patient LVG (male; occupation: Vinh wholesale market trader; address: Hamlet 7, Hung Chinh commune, Vinh city) for Covid-19 screening. After registering for the procedure, at 8:15 a.m., the patient had 2 rapid test results positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Immediately, Nghe An General Hospital isolated patient LVG and transported him to the Tropical Disease Center; performed real-time RT-PCR testing. At 5:00 p.m. the same day, the PCR test result confirmed that patient LVG was positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Bệnh viên HNĐK ngay lập tức phong tỏa tạm thời khoa Khoa Sản để chống dịch. Ảnh: PV
Hanoi General Hospital immediately temporarily locked down the Obstetrics Department to prevent the epidemic. Photo: PV
The results of the epidemiological investigation of patient LVG show that: On June 25, the patient brought his wife to Nghe An General Hospital. At this time, his wife was pregnant for the third time and had passed her due date by 5 days. Specifically, at 7:00 a.m., the patient came to park his car at the patient's garage; made a medical declaration (declaration: no epidemiological factors); from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., the patient went to the examination department, took a Covid-19 test before entering the hospital and the result was that both husband and wife were negative for SARS-CoV-2 virus; at 9:30 a.m., the patient and his wife went to the Obstetrics Department; at 2:45 p.m., the patient's wife went into labor and gave birth... On June 26, the patient's entire family (wife, children and relatives) asked to be discharged from the hospital, with an appointment to pay later.

On June 28, patient LVG went to Nghe An General Hospital to pay for his wife's discharge. At 7:00 a.m., the patient parked his car at the Patient's garage and made a medical declaration (In the declaration: no Covid-19 epidemiological factors); was instructed to go to the Examination Department to get tested again because the first test result on June 25 was more than 48 hours old according to epidemic prevention regulations). At 7:15 a.m., the patient went to the Examination Department, registered for procedures, entered one door, had a Covid-19 screening test, then went to the waiting area to wait for results. In the waiting area, the patient sat separately, more than 2 meters away from other people waiting.

The Provincial General Hospital of Friendship arranges a Covid-19 testing room to screen suspected cases. Photo by Thanh Cuong

Immediately after patient LVG tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 twice, Nghe An General Hospital announced and activated the epidemic prevention scenario at the Examination Department and throughout the hospital; reported to the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province; proactively implemented zoning according to the scenario, "no one in, no one out"; put the patient in a temporary isolation room at the Examination Department, put on personal protective equipment for the patient, took samples for realtime RT-PCR testing; dispatched a vehicle to receive and transfer the patient to the Tropical Disease Center; sprayed disinfectant in the sample collection area, the waiting room of the Examination Department and areas suspected of the patient passing through; conducted contact tracing and collected information about F1, F2 of medical staff, patients, and relatives.

Nghe An General Hospital conducted rapid tests for all related cases. The results showed that 100% of the staff of the Examination Department, 100% of the staff of the Obstetrics Department, the Epidemiology Screening Team, security guards, parking attendants, and 100% of the Obstetrics Department patients were negative for SARS-CoV-2 virus. The hospital also proactively temporarily locked down the Obstetrics Department; continued to take samples for testing for all F1-F2 using realtime RT-PCR technology; investigated, traced, isolated, and awaited test results for related individuals; and handled waste according to regulations.

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On the evening of June 28, the Provincial Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, Nghe An Department of Health held an urgent meeting with Nghe An General Hospital. Photo: PV
On the evening of June 28, Nghe An General Hospital held an urgent meeting with the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province, leaders of the Department of Health and the Center for Disease Control of Nghe An province. At the meeting, the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province, the Department of Health of Nghe An province and Nghe An General Hospital proposed the following measures to organize the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic, which are: Continuing to temporarily block the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology "no one in, no one out"; continuing to investigate, widely trace and isolate, and immediately take samples for testing of F1 and F2 cases; at the same time, taking samples for testing of all patients and their relatives currently being treated at the hospital; disinfecting, detoxifying and blocking off areas and destinations of patients at the hospital.

Up to now, Nghe An General Hospital has always been one of the units that has implemented very methodically, strictly, and in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Health on patient classification and screening before hospitalization. With the drastic direction of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province, the leaders of the Department of Health and the active and rapid participation of Nghe An General Hospital, the epidemic will be controlled, not affecting the medical examination and treatment for people in the North Central region./.

Thanh Chung