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Reflection on the Infection Management of Primary Hospitals during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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DOI: 10.23977/phpm.2025.050305 | Downloads: 3 | Views: 98

Author(s)

Shuyi Yang 1, Ya Zhang 1, Qian Sun 2, Yunpeng Nian 2, Hongying Zhu 1

Affiliation(s)

1 Xi'an Fifth Hospital (Shaanxi Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine), 710082, Xi'an, China
2 Shaanxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 710000, Xi'an, China

Corresponding Author

Hongying Zhu

ABSTRACT

The outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of 2019 is a major global public health emergency. After the outbreak of the epidemic, the Chinese government quickly formulated targeted policies and strategies, including the management of COVID-19 as a Class A infectious disease, Thoroughly treatment of patients, isolation and observation of suspected infected patients, demarcation of the epidemic area, and restriction of social activities in the epidemic area. A mobile cabin hospital was established to collect all the patients due, and implement the "dynamic clearing to zero" strategy; The residents' activity track traceability system was innovatively established, and the nucleic acid test results were corresponding to the "health code", so as to realize the risk judgment of exposure or infection in each place or institution. Practice has proved that this set of systems and strategies to deal with COVID-19 has reduced the number of infections and deaths. For medical and health institutions, the challenge of COVID-19 involves many aspects, such as epidemic prevention and control, medical treatment, and patient management. Effective prevention and control measures of nosocomial infection are necessary to ensure the stable operation of medical institutions. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the National Health Commission of China has successively formulated three versions of technical guidelines for the prevention and control of SARS-CoV-2 infection in medical institutions, and put forward the prevention and control strategy of "internal and external prevention, doctors and patients prevention, personnel prevention, and integration of three prevention". The prevention and control of nosocomial infection through respiratory infectious diseases is difficult to identify during the incubation period, insufficient materials and hardware facilities, insufficient full-time staff for infection control, and insufficient number of medical staff. In order to better cope with potential adjustments and protect people's health, it is necessary to strengthen the surveillance and early warning capacity of emergency diseases, optimize the medical treatment process and work link, establish and improve the emergency response mechanism, and prepare personnel and materials.

KEYWORDS

The COVID-19 Epidemic; Policies and Strategies; Respiratory Viral Infectious Diseases

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Shuyi Yang, Ya Zhang, Qian Sun, Yunpeng Nian, Hongying Zhu, Reflection on the Infection Management of Primary Hospitals during the COVID-19 Pandemic. MEDS Public Health and Preventive Medicine (2025) Vol. 5: 27-33. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/phpm.2025.050305.

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