Discussions on significance and effectiveness of construction of health enterprises during COVID-19 outbreak / 中国职业医学

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the role and significance of promoting the construction of health enterprises in the prevention and control of coronavirus disease(COVID-19) pandemic. METHODS: The corresponding clauses in the Guidelines for Prevention and Control Measures for Restoration of Work and Production in Enterprises and Public Institutions(hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines) in the Code for Construction of Health Enterprises(Trial)(hereinafter referred to as the Code) were analyzed by analogy method. A convenient sampling method was used to select 78 health enterprises, and the questionnaire survey was used to investigate the one-time approval rate for restoration of work and production. The random sampling method was adopted to select 5 health enterprises for field inspection and qualitative interview, so as to understand the restoration of work and production and pandemic prevention and control in these health enterprises. RESULTS: The 16 clauses in the Guidelines were involved in the Code to some extent. Among them, 2 clauses in the Code were generally applicable to the 16 clauses in the Guidelines, accounting for 100.0%(16/16). There were 3 and 4 clauses in the Code that were applicable to the provisions of the Guidelines, accounting for 62.5%(10/16) and 12.5%(2/16) respectively. All the 78 health enterprises in Jiangsu Province were immediately approved for their application for resuming work and production. The results of in-depth interviews showed that the adoption of the construction framework and concept of health enterprises by relevant enterprises was beneficial for the prevention and control of COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: The concept and framework of construction of health enterprises are helpful for enterprises to carry out prevention and control work during COVID-19 pandemic, and comprehensively promote the construction of healthy China.