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Current status of prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic in elderly care institutions in Jiangsu Province
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology ; 31(18):2872-2876, 2021.
Article in Chinese | CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1519178
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

To investigate the current status of prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic and health status of elderly care institutions in Jiangsu Province so as to provide basis for better implementing the state's work deployment on the COVID-19 epidemic and improving the health status and disinfection quality of elderly care institutions.

METHODS:

From Oct 2020 to Dec 2020, a survey was conducted for the elderly care institutions in Jiangsu Province by using self-designed survey plans and questionnaires, the results of the survey were collected and summarized by "Questionnaire Star" platform, and statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS 23.0 software.

RESULTS:

The proportions of provision of anti-epidemic materials, indoor ventilation, environmental cleaning and disinfection, and staff's wearing masks were relatively high in 93 elderly care institutions, there was significant difference in the provision rate of hand-washing disinfectants between the medical treatment integrated care institutions and the non-medical treatment integrated care institutions (P < 0.05), there were no significant differences in other survey items.In terms of health monitoring, 719 samples were collected from environmental object surfaces for test of new coronavirus nucleic acid, and all of the results were negative;the average qualified rate of 1750 samples that were collected from air, object surfaces, tableware and staff' hands was 75.09%, the qualified rate of the tableware was the lowest, and there was significant difference in the qualified rate between the health care doctors' hands and the cleaning staff's hands (P < 0.05). There was significant difference in the qualified rate of air between the medical treatment integrated care institutions and the non-medical treatment integrated care institutions (P < 0.05), while there were no significant differences in the qualified rates of object surfaces, tableware and working staff' hands.

CONCLUSION:

In accordance with the requirements of the "Notice on Printing and Distributing the Technical Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control in Key Units and Key Populations in Key Places", the implementation of state-issued notices needs to be strengthened in the elderly care institutions in Jiangsu Province and the environmental sanitation needs to be improved, it is suggested that the supervision and management of the environment should be strengthened in the elderly care institutions, and disinfection-related national standards and norms for elderly care institutions should be introduced as early as possible.
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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: CAB Abstracts Language: Chinese Journal: Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: CAB Abstracts Language: Chinese Journal: Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology Year: 2021 Document Type: Article