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Medical staff at Midori Municipal Hospital in Nagoya, where a COVID-19 group was shown in August, were constantly concerned that they were inflamed given their suspicions about the hospital’s antivirus measures, resources close to the case told Chunichi Shimbun.
With 2 four patients and 15 nurses and caregivers testing positive between August 4 and 29, Nagoya Hospital was designated as the city’s first hospital with a cluster. One of the inflamed died.
Resources state that the measures taken through the hospital to prevent the spread of infections, adding zoning to separate the domain containing other inflamed people from other domains, were sufficient and that staff did not receive sufficient data or explanation of the measures.
The hospital, with 205 beds and about three hundred staff, gathered inflamed patients into a mastery of construction and placed a plastic sheet in the hallway as a boundary between the domain and the area.
But there were spaces above and below the plastic sheet, and some of the tape used to glue the sheet to the wall stood out, depending on the source. The hallway is also located near the room.
“The air continued to blow on the other side of the plastic sheet installed as a partition. Can we call it a measure to counteract the virus?” said one of the sources, describing how zoning was performed in the hospital when the infections were shown in mid-August.
The area under the blade was later closed, but the partially taken off tape was left as it was, depending on the source.
“The sheet was placed to distinguish the domain from other domains. This is not a challenge because (COVID-19) is not in flight,” said a Nagoya municipal government official in hospital rate. But such an explanation had not been given to hospital workers, the source said, adding that it “seemed dangerous. “
The hospital has asked hospitalization staff to run from the hospital cafeteria, however, there have been times when those staff have used the cafeteria at the same time as outpatients.
“All percentage not only in the cafeteria, but also in the same locker room. How can we stay safe?” said some other source.
According to the hospital, the domain containing rooms containing suspected cases of COVID-19 has been designated as a “red zone” and the domain comprising the rooms has been designated as the “green zone”. A buffer zone called a “yellow zone” created between the two zones.
Staff running in the red zone dressed in a protective device intended to remove it from the yellow zone before moving to the green zone.
But resources said that on one of the floors, the hallway and the nurses’ room designated as green domain are located directly in front of a patient room classified as red zone, some entered and left the green zone with their protective equipment, they said.
“Although the zoning approach is not legally defined, we have done our best,” said a hospital official. “I don’t think there is a case where a hallway in front of a patient’s room is designated as a green zone. “
According to the municipal government, the hospital conducted chain antigen and polymerase reaction tests in early to mid-August in a total of 540 workers and hospitalized patients, but the hospital was never informed of the effects, and even those who tested positive did not. obtain the effects without delay in some cases, depending on the sources.
Hospital staff have been informed of infections through media reports, according to sources.
The hospital explained that non-public data from inflamed people is disclosed to a limited number of employees.
To prevent COVID-19 infections, the hospital banned visits to patients’ families and discontinued outpatient treatment and acceptance of new patients.
But he announced on September 4 that he would resume outpatient treatment on Monday of this week, as no new cases of infection were shown in the hospital after August 29.
The hospital “pays little attention to the lives of patients and the hospital who face a great threat of COVID-19 infections. I wonder if it’s okay to settle for (outpatients) back in such a situation,” one of the sources said.
Shinya Yoshida, head of the hospital’s administrative department, said: “Although we are a hospital specializing in infectious diseases, we have invited a nurse experienced in infectious disease prevention measures and consulted the city’s public gym to take as many steps as possible.
“Since other people have become inflamed in the hospital, we want to take steps to avoid a recurrence in the future,” Yoshida said. “We will follow our actions by receiving recommendations from the city and the public gym. “
This segment presents topics and disorders from the Chubu region covered through chunichi Shimbun. The original article published on September 6.
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