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Written by: Zheng Cuibi
2020-12-27 00:38
Last update date: 2020-12-27 00:38
An outbreak of new coronary pneumonia occurred in the 2D ward of the United Hospital. The number of newly infected patients has increased to 19, which is the largest in-hospital outbreak of the new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong in the past year.
The United Hospital issued a press release near midnight, stating that one more patient and three staff members were initially diagnosed. That is to say, there are currently 12 patients and seven staff members in the hospital, including four nurses, one blood sampler, and one A patient service assistant and an outsourced cleaning staff.
Ma Zhongyi, president of the Public Medical Doctors Association who works at the United Hospital, said that as far as she knows, most of the patients and doctors who are initially diagnosed are participating in the first round of testing, but they were negative at that time and then turned positive.
However, after the first round of testing, the hospital did not call on the staff to self-isolate. The 2D ward is also ill and allows the patient to be discharged. She believes that the tester is now found to have yin and then yang. Are there any problems with quarantine and infection control measures".
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A spokesperson for the United Hospital said that a total of 12 patients have been diagnosed or initially diagnosed. Except for one in critical condition, the rest are in stable condition.
The hospital has arranged for 195 staff in the ward and those who have worked in the ward to be tested. So far, seven staff have tested positive, including four nurses, one blood sampler, one patient service assistant and one Outsource cleaning staff.
They have been transferred to the isolation ward of the hospital for treatment and are in stable condition.
The remaining staff tested negative, and the investigation is still ongoing.
The infection control team is conducting contact tracing investigations on the employees and patients who have been in contact with the seven medical staff.
The hospital said yesterday afternoon that after learning that someone was diagnosed on December 22, it arranged the first round of testing. Only two patients and one medical nurse were found to be diagnosed. Only the second round of testing arranged yesterday would find more people. infected.
Ma Zhongyi, president of the Public Medical Doctors Association who works at the United Hospital, said that as far as she knows, most of the patients and doctors who are initially diagnosed are participating in the first round of testing, but they were negative at that time and then turned positive.
Ma Zhongyi believes that the United Hospital should study "there are no problems with the isolation and infection control measures this week."
(Data Picture/Photo by Gao Zhongming)
Ma Zhongyi pointed out that the medical staff who tested negative in the first round of testing continued to work as usual. The hospital "did not ask colleagues to pay attention to it." Only now has it called for staff who tested negative to self-isolate and to be in The staff working in the 2D ward provide accommodation arrangements.
She continued that patients who tested negative in the first round were also discharged as usual. "The 2D ward seems to continue to accept patients." It was not until yesterday that the entire ward officially suspended the admission and discharge of patients.
She believes that now it is found that the tester has first yin and then yang, the hospital should study "whether there is any problem with the isolation and infection control measures this week."
She also pointed out that there will be different medical staff working in 2D wards, including physiotherapists and occupational therapists, "the number is not small", and some medical staff such as blood testers will also work in multiple wards, involving different specialties. The scope of tracking is very wide.
She said frankly that some nursing staff were worried about the safety of their jobs, "something that affects morale, and the implications are wide-ranging." In addition, she said that the 2D ward still shared sphygmomanometers and other medical equipment before the incident.
After inspecting the scene yesterday, Yuan Guoyong pointed out that the group outbreak in the hospital was due to the presence of super communicators.
(Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
In the press release, a spokesperson for United Hospital stated that the hospital has once again thoroughly cleaned and disinfected the wards.
For the sake of prudence, in addition to the suspension of compassionate visits earlier, infection control measures will be strengthened, including suspension of receiving new cases, suspension of patient transfer or transfer arrangements, and ward staff will not be arranged to work in other wards for the time being, strictly enforced Protective measures for contact and droplet transmission, repeat testing for affected patients and staff within a specified time, and arrange in-hospital accommodation for affected staff.
The spokesperson also said that after listening to the opinions of the expert group, the hospital has immediately strengthened the infection control of related nursing procedures, reminded medical staff to pay attention to re-arranging virus tests for patients whose conditions have deteriorated, and install high-efficiency air particles in the wards. The air cleaner of the filter will also review the opinions of the expert group in detail and propose corresponding improvement measures.
Regarding the question of one of the confirmed patients being transferred to the orthopedic ward, the spokesperson said that preliminary investigations revealed that the staff in the ward wear appropriate personal protective equipment in accordance with the infection control guidelines during their work, and no high-risk medical procedures have been performed for the patient. Some employees are listed as close contacts, and the follow-up investigation is still in progress.
The hospital has arranged testing for all patients and staff in the ward, and the results so far have been negative, and testing is still in progress.
The orthopedic ward has immediately suspended receiving new cases, and is thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
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