Vietnam established 4 quick response teams for Ebola response

In response to the Ebola virus epidemic, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long requested the establishment of four rapid response teams at the national level. Currently, the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases prepares to receive 1,000 standard outfits under the guidance of the World Health Organization.

On October 19, examining the prevention and control of Ebola disease at the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long asked health facilities to raise awareness and level of response. Higher response to the Ebola epidemic.

In recent days, the Ebola epidemic is still complicated, but the 3 nurses working in Spanish and American medical facilities are infected with Ebola virus when taking care of patients is an incident. Public health, forcing all countries in the world, including Vietnam to consider, check and review measures to prevent and fight Ebola virus to draw lessons.

Through examination at the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases, the mission of the Ministry of Health, WHO and international organizations assessed the hospital is ready for the reception, treatment and prevention of Ebola virus infection.

The hospital has collaborated with the Department of Health Management and Examination of the Ministry of Health to develop a guideline for diagnosis and treatment of Ebola virus disease, regularly training staff in hospitals.

The hospital also developed a hospital Ebola prevention and control plan and established a Steering Committee for epidemic prevention and control, established an external hospital emergency team, assigned the task of receiving, collecting and classifying patients, standardized. having adequate number of medicines, chemicals, medical supplies and equipment. Develop a scenario to rehearse the case of Dong Anh District General Hospital informing a patient suspected of being infected with Ebola virus to the hospital.

Regarding infection prevention, cross-contingency prevention, the hospital was equipped with standard personal protective clothing for employees and prepared to receive 1,000 standard outfits according to WHO guidelines.

For care and treatment, the hospital is equipped with a portable negative pressure isolation chamber and negative pressure isolation chamber in the hospital to provide maximum protection for the treatment of patients, medical staff and those around.

The hospital has built a level 2+ biosecurity laboratory, complying with the guidelines of WHO and international organizations to be able to perform virus inactivation tests. In the coming week, the hospital's laboratory will be appraised by the Ministry of Health and WHO to meet the conditions for testing Ebola virus.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said that the Ministry has set up 4 rapid response teams at the national level and the provinces and cities directly under the central government, districts and districts will set up a rapid response team on the basis of consolidation. Local epidemic prevention and control teams to enhance coping capacity.

The Deputy Minister requested the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment to inspect and direct medical examination and treatment establishments throughout the country to review plans for prevention and control of epidemic caused by Ebola virus and to continue training and updating knowledge, Experience of the world to strengthen health officials to guide and diagnose diseases caused by Ebola virus issued by the Ministry of Health.

Speaking at the test, representatives of the World Health Organization and international organizations said the latest research shows that Ebola virus has not been genetically modified and virulent, nor has there been a scientific basis. and clear evidence of changing Ebola transmission routes.

Vietnam prepares to rehearse the scale of dealing with the Ebola epidemic

Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said that in the coming week, the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment will organize a large-scale rehearsal at the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases and a hospital assigned to the Central and South regions, build a plan planning exercises with specific hypothetical situations, manpower plan to screen, early detection of the first case in Vietnam, isolation, control, prevention and prevention of cross-infection in hospitals , there is a plan to expand the isolation area when the epidemic spreads.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long instructed the Department to invite lower-level hospitals to train, invite international organizations to check and see if it meets international anti-epidemic requirements.

Hospitals must be prepared to isolate the area to receive, isolate and treat patients with suspicion, prepare the number of drugs, medical equipment, supplies, chemical disinfectants, especially is a personal protective means to well serve the collection, isolation, treatment of cases of suspected cases and prevention of infection in medical examination and treatment establishments.

At the same time, hospitals continued to strengthen training for staff in the hospital, training for employees to do administrative work, sanitation, protection of the patient's room . The hospital reviewed the costumes. protection under the standards of the World Health Organization (WHO), other drugs and medical equipment, and a review of all procedures for treating medical waste of patients, specimens, sanitation of the disease chamber .