Following the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, the Department of Health has issued an urgent document requesting all units, specialized departments under the Department of Health , and public and private medical examination and treatment facilities to urgently carry out COVID-19 prevention and control work.
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| COVID-19 patients receiving treatment at Vung Tau Hospital during the 2021 pandemic (illustrative image) |
Implement triage and routing of patients at risk of COVID-19 infection from the moment of hospital admission.
Accordingly, medical examination and treatment units under the Department of Health; COVID-19 treatment facilities; Vietsovpetro Medical Center; and private medical facilities shall implement the following:
Review and organize the effective admission, emergency care, and treatment of patients, especially high-risk groups such as pregnant women, people with underlying diseases, and the elderly, minimizing fatalities and strictly implementing infection control measures to prevent cross-infection in treatment facilities; prepare contingency plans for patient admission and treatment and proactively improve treatment capacity, especially emergency care and intensive care, to meet treatment requirements.
Review and strictly implement effective patient triage and referral systems, classifying patients based on risk from the moment of admission; ensure sufficient medicines, equipment, chemicals, and biological products for epidemic prevention and control; have plans to respond to epidemic situations; maintain and organize mobile epidemic control teams effectively, ready to provide timely support to lower-level units when epidemics occur and become complicated.
Strengthen professional support for lower-level hospitals. Enhance the capacity for emergency transport and patient referral from the community and lower-level hospitals to higher-level hospitals, and between hospitals in the area.
Enhance the application of information technology and ensure the necessary equipment and facilities for remote consultations, treatment advice, and support for patient monitoring and management.
Prepare and stockpile sufficient medical oxygen, medications, blood, intravenous fluids, supplies, chemicals, and equipment to be ready to receive and treat patients; have contingency plans and prepare treatment facilities in case of a widespread outbreak.
Regularly update information and have contingency plans in place to respond promptly to disease outbreaks.
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| Medical staff administer the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to residents in My Xuan ward, Phu My town. |
The Department of Health has assigned the Provincial Center for Disease Control to regularly and promptly update information on dangerous, emerging, and re-emerging infectious diseases that have recently been recorded and pose a risk of entering the province, in order to proactively monitor and closely track the disease situation in the province; and to prepare ready-made response measures for potential disease outbreaks.
Weekly assessments and announcements of epidemic levels are conducted in accordance with Government Resolution 128/NQ-CP dated October 11, 2021, and the Ministry of Health 's Decision No. 218/QD-BYT dated January 27, 2022, on temporary guidelines for medical expertise in implementing the temporary regulations on "Safe, flexible adaptation and effective control of the COVID-19 epidemic," in order to promptly apply appropriate epidemic prevention and control measures according to the epidemic level.
Actively coordinate with relevant units and localities to assess and analyze the epidemic situation and risk factors on a daily basis; proactively develop scenarios and response plans and implement responses to all possible epidemic situations. Timely update and supplement professional guidelines and support localities in epidemic prevention and control.
Continue to strengthen the prevention and control of endemic, emerging, and re-emerging infectious diseases such as dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease, Adenovirus, influenza, avian influenza, monkeypox, marmot disease, etc.; closely monitor the disease situation, direct and guide localities to implement timely and effective disease prevention and control measures.
Prepare human resources, facilities, equipment, vehicles, and chemicals to ensure effective medical quarantine activities and update inter-sectoral contingency plans to respond promptly when suspected cases of infectious diseases are recorded. Prepare contingency plans to handle potential disease outbreaks, avoiding passivity and confusion.
Strengthen inspection and supervision of the implementation of disease prevention and control work, especially at border gates, seaports, and bus stations, in order to detect suspected and confirmed cases for timely handling, minimizing the number of severe cases and deaths, especially for those entering from areas experiencing outbreaks, from places where new and dangerous variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and other infectious diseases have appeared.
Strengthen community-based surveillance and surveillance at healthcare facilities to promptly detect outbreaks and clusters of cases with unusual developments and characteristics (unusual increase in the number of cases, severe illness, hospitalization, or deaths over time, geographical area, or specific population group, etc.); proactively coordinate with the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City to collect samples for surveillance, research to detect new variants/strains, and assess disease risk.
Continue to promote COVID-19 vaccination to achieve the set target, implement COVID-19 vaccination according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health; Coordinate with departments, agencies, mass organizations, and local authorities to vigorously implement the review and mobilization of individuals to participate in COVID-19 vaccination, especially high-risk groups.
Review and update disease prevention messages and strengthen communication to raise awareness and change people's behavior in protecting their own health, their families' health, and the community's health. Regularly update information on the disease situation and advise people to comply with disease prevention requirements such as wearing masks, disinfecting in medical facilities, on public transport, and at crowded places and events, especially during the upcoming holidays. Focus information on the benefits and effects of vaccines; closely monitor the psychological trends of the people and society, enhance community confidence, and encourage people to participate in full and timely vaccination.
Focus on epidemic prevention and control in densely populated areas, large cities, and industrial zones; during the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day, April 30th, and May 1st holidays in 2023; and monitor and manage cases of entry from abroad to detect early cases of virus infection and prevent community spread.
Assigning staff to be on duty 24/7 during the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day, April 30th, and May 1st holidays in 2023 to monitor and report immediately any outbreaks or complex developments of infectious diseases in the area.
Prepare and stockpile sufficient medicines, supplies, chemicals, and medical equipment to ensure that the needs for epidemic prevention and control are met when an epidemic occurs or when the epidemic situation becomes complicated in the area.
Continue to report infectious diseases in accordance with regulations.
For details, see the link: Urgent Official Document 1092 from the Department of Health to strengthen COVID-19 prevention and control measures.
MINH THIEN
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