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Author: Li Enci Zhu Haiqi
2021-01-03 17:41
The last update date: 2021-01-03 17:42
Medical staff often come into contact with high-risk groups of patients, such as the elderly and weakened immune systems. Gao Basheng, Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority, said yesterday (2nd) that outreach medical care will be tested for the virus first.
According to the source, the group of doctors and nurses is visiting nursing homes for the elderly. There are about 300 people. It is believed that the HA has the ability to test them on its own. However, it is very difficult to conduct regular tests for all 50,000 clinical doctors and they tend to encourage them. It is not mandatory to require medical care testing.
Another news is that if there are a large number of medical personnel testing, they will be outsourced and tested by contractors.
Gao Basheng said yesterday that he would consider medical tests for taking care of patients with weaker resistance, such as medical outreach services for the elderly, and hope to implement them in the next few weeks.
It is understood that the group of doctors and nurses are colleagues who visited nursing homes for the elderly. There are about 300 people. It is believed that the Hospital Authority has the ability to conduct tests on their own and issue reports within 24 hours.
Source: All personnel of United Hospital tested negative
As for the regular testing of all health care workers, sources believe that it is extremely difficult. The authorities test 7,000 samples per day, which is close to the limit of testing. The 50,000 clinical staff in the public hospital will put great pressure on the laboratory, even if they seek outside Laboratory assistance requires time and procedures. Personally tend to test specific medical care, such as geriatrics in internal medicine, medical care for chronically ill patients, etc. "The United Hospital has an outbreak. Many of our samples were negative. All Is it effective for everyone to test the microphone? (The cost of testing) is all public money." For example, the intensive care unit has always had high infection control measures, and the colleagues concerned may not necessarily have the urgency of testing.
The source also specified that the difficulty of the test period is the time between each test. "It is unknown that the microphone is done every week. It is necessary to balance it. It is too sparse and unknown when it will be infected, and it is too dense to deal with too many tests", and Colleagues in the hospital have a heavy workload, and they should also be convenient when arranging tests. They tend to encourage non-mandatory quality requirements, but they will definitely use the gold standard RT-PCR nucleic acid test for their colleagues.
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The HA intends to consider two aspects: high risk and small number of people
Another person familiar with the matter pointed out that the HA decided on the staff testing group based on two considerations, including high risk and small number.
For example, he said that the elderly outreach service colleagues have a wide range of contacts, often take public transportation, and the number of people is small, which is the first group to be considered.
He said that currently the HA would arrange tests for colleagues in need, but emphasized that the authorities' primary service target is patients.
When the number of medical staff for testing increases, the authorities will consider an outsourcing plan, that is, Golden Mile Inspection will undertake testing. If the load is still overwhelming, additional tenders may be required.
At present, the HA is still discussing the details of staff testing, including whether mandatory testing is required, and the method of distributing bottles, etc. The insider believes that "If you feel good, you may want colleagues to do it together." But in fact, "Colleagues only need Anyone who feels uncomfortable will be tested immediately. If everyone has to be tested regularly, it will take 15 minutes to leave the city every week, which is more troublesome." Therefore, the direction of temporary testing is risk-based.
Ma Zhongyi: Voluntary testing and hospital testing
Ma Zhongyi, president of the Public Medical Doctors Association, believes that testing for outreach medical care is a reasonable arrangement, but the main premise is voluntary testing and testing by the hospital. I believe that colleagues have medical common sense to judge whether they are high-risk and cannot force employees to be tested. Fang has always pointed out that the protective clothing provided meets the criteria. After finishing the isolation ward, I can not go to the general ward to work in the isolation ward. What about the high risk of colleagues?"
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