[Wuhan Pneumonia] The trade union questioned the opening of the middle door of the hospital's surveillance ward: compliance with control requirements

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Written by: Wang Jieen

2020-02-10 07:00

The outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia continues to worsen. The Hospital Authority pointed out earlier that apart from the isolation ward, public hospitals will set up a "monitoring ward", and all inpatients with pneumonia need to stay in the isolation ward or "monitoring ward" until the results of the new coronavirus test are obtained.

The HA Staff Front pointed out today (9th) that the Prince of Wales Hospital has converted a general medical ward to receive suspected pneumonia cases, but the ward does not have a door, describing it as "the door is wide open", questioning whether it meets infection control standards .

The hospital responded that the monitoring ward bed spacing was more than one meter, and the ventilation rate and other facilities configuration were inspected and identified by the infection control and facility management department in detail and met the infection control requirements. All patients admitted to the monitoring ward did not meet the report Standard case.

The Hospital Authority staff said that the Prince of Wales Hospital had converted a general medical ward to receive suspected pneumonia cases, but the surveillance ward had no portal. (Screenshot of Facebook from the HA Staff Front)

The HA staff front said that earlier complaints had been received stating that the Prince of Wales Hospital had transferred a general medical ward to a place where suspected pneumonia cases were received, but where medical care was put on and taken off equipment (gown up / gown down area) Very close, questioning compliance with infection control standards.

Ward "door open" questioning employee safety

The HA's staff front continued to point out that according to the guidelines developed by the HA, the "monitoring ward" must be ventilated at least 6 times per hour. However, the monitoring ward does not have a portal and the ward has a "middle door". Whether the number is sufficient.

The union said it had consulted the HA on relevant issues to see if employees could work in a safe environment, or they would be held to the end.

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Victoria Hospital: Patients admitted to the monitoring ward do not meet the reporting criteria

A spokesman for the Prince of Wales Hospital said that in order to strengthen the identification of new coronavirus infections, the Enhanced Laboratory Surveillance Scheme has been implemented. A surveillance ward with 28 beds will be opened on the 8th of this month. Arrange medical patients with flu or pneumonia symptoms instead of leaving such patients in the general medical ward as before.

The spokesman said that the patients will be tested for the new coronavirus after they are admitted to the surveillance ward. When the test results are negative, they will be arranged to return to the general medical ward. The distance between the beds in the monitoring ward is more than one meter, and the ventilation rate and other facilities are carefully inspected and identified by the infection control and facility management department of the hospital, which meets the infection control requirements.

The hospital emphasized that all patients admitted to the monitoring ward did not meet the reporting criteria of "severe new infectious pathogen respiratory disease".

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