Strengthening Covid-19 infection control in medical examination and treatment facilities

The Ministry of Health has just issued guidelines for preventing and controlling Covid-19 infection in medical examination and treatment facilities. The Ministry of Health recommends that medical examination and treatment facilities, if detecting a person infected or suspected of being infected with Covid-19 in the clinical department, need to transfer the patient to the department's temporary isolation room for treatment, to avoid infecting others. Rapid testing or RT-PCR is indicated for patients with acute respiratory failure of unknown cause or people with symptoms of suspected Covid-19 infection with underlying diseases in the high-risk group for severe progression.

Examination and treatment rooms for people with or suspected of having Covid-19 must ensure ventilation. If there is no mechanical ventilation system, windows and doors should be opened to increase natural ventilation.

Provide adequate hand sanitizer in examination areas, patient rooms, and public areas. Medical staff must perform hand hygiene properly.

Covid-19 patients with serious underlying diseases, immunodeficiency, cancer treatment, dialysis... need to be treated in a separate area (if available); limit contact and movement; strictly comply with hand and respiratory hygiene, use of masks and personal hygiene.

HH

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