JOURNAL OF SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCIENCE) ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (08): 1009-1012.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2020.08.002

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Experience of healthcare-acquired infection control against coronavirus disease 2019 by integrated medical team in Wuhan

SHI Da-ke, HU Wei-guo, YANG Zhi-tao, LIN Jing-sheng, WANG Xiao-ning, GUO Ying, QIAN Wen-jing, CAI Ming, XIANG Xiao-gang, LIANG Xiao-hong, ZHAI Rong-cheng, ZHANG Yi-bo, NI Yu-Xing   

  1. Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Online:2020-08-28 Published:2020-08-28

Abstract: Objective · To sum up the experience of healthcare-acquired infection control against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan by a medical team from Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, so as to provide reference for the contain strategy of sudden infectious diseases in China. Methods · The whole process of prevention and control of HAI was implemented through methods such as management organization construction, institutional establishment and implementation, personnel training, occupational exposure planning, and introduction of high-tech methods. Results · There were a total of 136 members in the medical team, including 30 doctors, 100 nurses, and 6 administrative staffs. None of them were infected with COVID-19, achieving zero infection among medical staff. Conclusion · Although the task of assisting Wuhan was tight in time, and materials and heavy, under the leadership of the team leader and the cooperation of all the staff, all measures were implemented, the training covered all the staff, and high-tech means were introduced to optimize the control strategy, achieving the goals of zero infections among medical staffs and zero cross infections among patients.

Key words: coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), healthcare-acquired infection, infection control, medical team

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