Beijing held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control today (March 19). At the meeting, Li Ang, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, said that Beijing is actively promoting the implementation of new coronavirus antigen testing, standardizing the application scenarios and populations of antigen testing, clarifying the results interpretation standards, and refining the disposal management process to ensure that antigen testing screening and Nucleic acid detection and diagnosis are seamless and complementary.
Li Ang announced the application standards for 4 types of scenarios on the Beijing novel coronavirus antigen detection work.
Primary medical and health institutions can carry out emergency treatment and antigen testing at the same time
Primary medical and health care When the institution admits patients with respiratory symptoms, fever and other symptoms and symptoms within 5 days, the first choice is to cooperate with hospitals or nucleic acid testing institutions to carry out nucleic acid sampling and testing on patients with symptoms. Qualified primary medical and health institutions may At the same time, antigen testing is carried out. If the patient needs first aid, the primary medical and health institutions can carry out antigen testing while providing emergency treatment to the patient.
For those who test positive for the antigen, primary medical and health institutions should immediately report to the district health and health commission and disease control department, and call 120 to follow the requirements for the transfer of personnel related to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. , and use negative pressure ambulances to transfer antigen-positive persons to medical institutions with fever clinics for nucleic acid testing.
For those with negative antigen test, the primary medical and health institutions shall handle the patients with 11 types of symptoms such as fever in accordance with the procedures of clinics and other primary medical institutions, and the patients shall follow the relevant requirements. Complete nucleic acid testing within 72 hours of seeing a doctor.
An antigen self-test should be performed once a day for 5 days before quarantine
Home quarantine observation, Personnel in close contact and sub-close contact, entry isolation observation, closed control area and control area shall be managed by relevant management departments (such as communities, villages and towns, isolation points, building supervisory units, etc.); The plan requires nucleic acid testing and antigen self-testing once a day for the first 5 days; people in buildings, buildings and related units that need to be temporarily controlled due to the involvement of positive infected persons or the entry and exit of close and sub-close contacts can pass the test on the day of control. Antigen testing is carried out for rapid initial screening, and nucleic acid testing is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the current prevention and control plan during the control period; if the antigen test is positive, nucleic acid testing must be carried out immediately for confirmation.
Community (village) residents who test positive for self-test need to report immediately
community (village) Residents who need self-testing can purchase antigen test reagents with real names through retail pharmacies, online sales platforms and other channels for self-testing.
If the antigen test is positive, the residents should immediately report to the community (village) where they are located, and the community (village) should contact 120, and transfer them according to the requirements for the transfer of personnel related to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. Transfer to a medical institution with a fever clinic, conduct nucleic acid testing, and report to the health commission and disease control department of the jurisdiction. Sampling swabs, sampling tubes, test cards and other medical items used by positive persons need to be put into sealed bags and transported to medical institutions for disposal as medical waste.
If the antigen test is negative, asymptomatic residents can be closely observed, and antigen test or nucleic acid test can be carried out when necessary; symptomatic residents are advised to go to a medical institution with a fever clinic as soon as possible See a doctor and perform nucleic acid testing. If it is inconvenient to see a doctor, self-isolate at home, avoid going out, and conduct an antigen self-test every day for 5 consecutive days.
It is recommended to perform antigen self-test as soon as possible after entering (returning) Beijing
For those who have completed For those who are in the health observation period for isolation observation, it is recommended to perform antigen self-tests during the interval between nucleic acid tests. For those who enter (return) Beijing, it is recommended to conduct antigen self-test as soon as possible after entering (return) Beijing, and complete the nucleic acid test within 72 hours according to the time limit. For those who have recently purchased “four categories” of drugs and have 11 types of symptoms such as fever and have visited a primary medical institution, it is recommended to perform an antigen self-test within 72 hours.
It should be noted that nucleic acid detection is still the basis for the diagnosis of new coronavirus infection. The characteristics of antigen detection are fast and simple. As a supplementary method, it can be used for screening of specific populations. It is beneficial to improve the ability of early detection, but it cannot replace nucleic acid detection.
Here, we also remind the general public that if a positive result is found in the self-test, they must immediately perform their reporting duties and cooperate with relevant control measures. In the next step, we will further improve the supporting policies and measures for antigen testing, strengthen popularization and education, promote the standardized, orderly and smooth implementation of antigen testing, and effectively protect the health and safety of the people.
Beijing News reporter Dai Xuan
Editor Liu Qianxian