TITLE:
Practice of Infection Prevention and Control Strategies in Risk Departments during the COVID-19 Epidemic
AUTHORS:
Minfang Wang, Wenyi Ye, Jiefeng Huang, Yuexian Zhu, Xuxia Yu, Hao Huang, Fang Xu, Bo Jin, Ying Yang, Tieer Gan
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19, Risk Department, Infection Prevention and Control, Strategy, Practice
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Infectious Diseases,
Vol.14 No.1,
January
8,
2024
ABSTRACT: Objective: To explore the practice and application of infection prevention and control strategies in risk departments during the COVID-19 epidemic, and to formulate the infection prevention and control measures to provide advice and guidance in risk departments. Methods: According to the latest plan of diagnosis and treatment, prevention and control issued by the National Health Commission, expert advice and consensus, combined with the actual situation in our hospital, a series of infection prevention and control measures of COVID-19 in risk department was formulated. Results: During the epidemic period, the prevention and control measures of nine risk departments including emergency operation, anesthesiology, endoscopy center, blood purification center, otolaryngology, stomatology, medical imaging department, medical cosmetology department and pulmonary function room were established from six aspects, including pre-examination and screening, medical technology control, personnel management, personal protection, environmental disinfection, medical waste disposal, etc. Conclusion: During the epidemic period, the infection prevention and control strategy of risk departments is one of the key links to control the spread of the epidemic, and risk departments must pay attention to and strictly implement various infection prevention and control measures.