Dajiang Net/Jingdezhen Headline Client News Correspondent Wang Ying reported: Recently, the summer flu is raging. A number of measures such as expanding the waiting area and speeding up the testing speed have been implemented 24 hours a day to meet the needs of patients for medical treatment.
Work site (photo courtesy of Wang Ying)
According to the hospital’s statistics, since June, the number of fever clinic admissions has far exceeded same time last year. From June 21 to July 5, the outpatient volume of fever clinics was between 500 and 700. Zhao Aihua, vice president of the hospital, said that this figure is three to four times the number of daily fever clinic visits. In order to meet the needs of patients for medical treatment, the hospital has linked multiple departments to add 3 clinics in a timely manner on the basis of the full opening of the two fever clinics, and ensured that multiple clinics operate 24 hours a day. At the same time, it mobilized and integrated the staff and volunteers who increased the number of medical staff in fever clinics, registration fees, inspections, medicines, and information entry, and added two self-service machines to reduce offline queues for registration and payment. In addition, due to the high temperature in summer, in order to improve the medical environment for patients and their escorts, the hospital immediately set up a awning outside the fever clinic, set up an isolation waiting area and put in multiple fans to cool down and prevent heatstroke, and added water dispensers in the corridor to facilitate patients use.
At the clinic (photo courtesy of Wang Ying)
In the fever clinic, medical staff wore protective clothing, masks and other protective equipment. Serious inquiries about the condition, physical examination, patient explanation, dispensing, infusion… “We deployed a number of volunteers to reinforce the fever clinic. At the same time, through dynamic scheduling, timely reinforcements, etc., we are making every effort to ensure that citizens seek medical care.” Zheng Lanya, the chief accountant of the hospital introduce. It is reported that the hospital dispatched administrative and logistics personnel as volunteers to support the fever clinic. From 8:00 am to 10:00 pm in the fever clinic, the volunteers carefully assisted parents to register and pay online, comfort the children, and maintain the on-site waiting order. For critically ill patients, a green channel is opened to facilitate the masses to seek medical treatment quickly.
According to the introduction of the chief pharmacist Guo Hongru, the pharmacy department adopted flexible shift arrangements to increase the number of staff during peak periods, and also established a “night shift mutual aid team”. The administrative class took the initiative to stay overtime to help while completing their own work during the day. Night shift staff to relieve work pressure. According to this year’s influenza epidemiological survey and virus detection analysis, this wave of influenza is dominated by influenza A, and oseltamivir is the most effective treatment drug. In order to ensure the use of clinical drugs, the Pharmacy Department of the hospital contacts the supplier by phone every day to ensure the supply of drugs. At the same time, according to the characteristics of this round of influenza, the hospital has launched a traditional Chinese medicine treatment prescription and a traditional Chinese medicine preventive prescription. Traditional Chinese medicine is also effective for the current wave of influenza. According to the specific situation, it can be used to relieve the exterior and dispel cold, remove dampness and clear heat, etc., which can promote the early recovery of patients.