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Written by: McCain
2020-01-25 13:19
Last updated: 2020-01-25 13:28Wuhan is waiting for pneumonia to strike. However, the Hospital Authority announced today (25th) that when a female patient was diagnosed with illness in Tuen Mun Hospital, he had been placed in a non-negative pressure ward for about 3 to 4 hours as there was no negative pressure ward. Zhong Jianli, Director of Quality and Safety of the Hospital Authority, acknowledged that the incident may have an impact on staff or patients. He has notified the CHP to visit Tuen Mun Hospital to review the process. He apologized to the public for the incident, but refused to respond to whether Tuen Mun Hospital would stop accepting new patients. Or temporarily suspend use of some floors.
On January 25, a man from Tuen Mun Hospital was pushed out of the trauma ward, and six medical staff were escorted upstairs to the isolation ward. (Photo by Chen Nuoxi)
The third confirmed case of Wuhan pneumonia was added yesterday (24th) in Hong Kong. A 62-year-old female patient went to the Accident and Emergency Department of Tuen Mun Hospital for medical treatment on the evening of the 23rd. The condition is stable. However, the Director of Quality and Safety of the HA, Chung Kin-li, today (25th) received a call from the infection control officer of Tuen Mun Hospital, revealing that the medical staff had not sent the female patient to the negative-pressure ward according to the procedure and stayed in the non-negative-pressure ward. About 3 to 4 hours, the incident may affect employees or patients. "We wanted to say sorry to the public about the incident," he said.
He explained that two negative-pressure wards in Tuen Mun Hospital were in use at that time, so the medical staff arranged the female patients in a room originally used to treat trauma patients. However, afterwards, the medical staff discovered that the ward was non-negative and the procedures were insufficient. The HA has contacted the Centre for Protection on the incident. Experts will come to the room later to inspect the room. "Look how big the risk is and will affect other patients."
Chung Kin-li (right), Director of Quality and Safety, HA, apologized to the public for the incident. (Photo by Zhang Meihua)
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Will Tuen Mun Hospital suspend new patients or suspend use of some floors? Zhong Jianli did not respond positively. He repeatedly emphasized that the outside of the trauma patient's room is a small area. "It is not waiting in the lobby, but just the position of the patient waiting for X-rays." But he has repeatedly emphasized that he has not grasped too much. According to the data of Duo Tuen Mun Hospital, it is unknown whether to find the patients who arrived at the hospital on the same day. It is reiterated that all risks must be evaluated by the protection center.
As for the difference between a negative pressure ward and a non-negative pressure ward? He pointed out that the negative pressure ward is mainly to prevent the spread of germs in the air, and the distance of 3 feet in general refers to the droplet; and the reason for pneumonia to enter the negative pressure is that when the sputum is drawn, the droplet will be atomized, which will cause similar short-term The spread of air occurred in Ward 8A in SARS.
Zhong Jianli added at the end that when the best information is available, information will be released to the public.
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