Amman - Ahmed Eagles - The Minister of Health, Dr. Abdul Latif Wreikat, the virus that caused the death of a nurse and the introduction of 10 doctors and nurses to hospitals from Quadrospy blue state is a disease «pneumonia viral» and that the transmission of them came from the intensive care unit in a manner unknown reasons.
Dr. Wreikat, at a press conference yesterday that all people living with HIV were treated and discharged to their home except for (4) injuries are a doctor and two nurses and the brother of the nurse who died from the disease and detection of sterilization of hospital facilities for more than once assured the citizens and visitors because it is no reason to fear that the problem is over and now under the of control.
And Dr. Wreikat that there have been no casualties among the sick or traveling or reviewers, or staff of administrative or financial worker at the hospital this year as well as it was flu cases less tongs large compared to last year through monitoring centers selected in the ministry to monitor acute respiratory infections and flu were incidence less than last year.
Said Dr. Wreikat play of climate change at this time a role in the emergence of viruses, stressing that all the hospitals and the Ministry of Health has no injuries similar between cadres and the condition announced by the hospital in Ramtha has nothing to do that which happened in the hospital blue.
  He reviewed Dr. Wreikat injury medical staff with HIV infection «pneumonia» series and its spread and ways to circumscribe and control it through (3) days and he reported the injury (4) of medical staff working in a hospital in the blue government symptoms of pneumonia to the Directorate of Communicable Diseases on Saturday 14 th / 4/2012 and moved immediately teams of the Directorate of communicable diseases directly to the hospital to find out the cases and found that cases are distributed as follows are the cases of four and three cases of cadres Altmarbh two of them were the transfers to hospital, the Muslim at the request of their parents for treatment, there is one case was a doctor and put a good year and is now in its brevity and treated at home.
He denied that the cause of the infection came from a sick Sri Lankan and introduced to a hospital blue was the result of the symptoms of coma diabetes in the first week of March last discharged from the hospital has been introduced again in the first week in April being in a coma as a result suicide She died on 15 / 4/2012 and have nothing to do with the transfer of infection in the lung to the hospital staff.
He also denied Dr. Wreikat cadres injured or infected Auditors of the hospital and said the situation for patients and the hospital until 10 am yesterday morning were as follows The total number of infected cases (11) and that the case
The latter two cases have been introduced to the Prince Hamzah Hospital on the evening of Saturday, all of which I seek treatment with the exception of (4) cases under treatment and that the most important symptoms suffered by the cases is the high temperature (100%), dry cough (70%), and general weakness (50%), loss of appetite (40%).
 He said therefore the ministry took a number of procedures to treat patients according to protocols of scientific practice and this was confirmed in all health sectors in Jordan and the formation of teams to monitor the epidemic and the implementation of field visits daily follow-up
and put the hospital under active monitoring and evaluation procedures for infection control in the sections of the ICU, CCU and reviewing the record of patients entrances in the sections of the ICU, CCU 0 develop a working definition of cases and interview patients and Astqsaúhm by filling in questionnaire designed to investigate cases to determine the source of infection and ways to move and to take samples of the patients,
 and the surfaces to be tested and to send some samples to reference laboratories and consult a specialist infectious diseases and chest from the outside The ministry has been the conversion of some patients to Prince Hamza Hospital at the request of the parents and union nurses.
He has also the difference the competent ministry surveyed epidemic precaution of the area surrounding the hospital to look for similar cases in the population did not find any situation and to emphasize to all personnel working in the hospital need to take care hand hygiene and use of personal protection as well as disinfectants and detergents in the right way and through the direct supervision of the Department of infection control in the Directorate of communicable diseases with the participation of national experts, as is the case in the Ministry of Health.
. For his part, Captain nurses Hatamleh Mohammed said the situation in a hospital under the blue government control does not need to fear that the union nurses were standing on the actions of the Ministry of Health, specifically in relation to the hospital, which has been sterilized by (3) times.   http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ar&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alrai.com%2F

Infectious disease outbreak under control — Wreikat

Emergency team searching for cause of unidentified illness

by Hani Hazaimeh | Apr 22,2012 | 22:29

Minster of Health Abdul Latif Wreikat at a press conference on Sunday (Petra photo)
AMMAN — The disease that broke out in the Intensive Care Unit of Zarqa Public Hospital late last week has not yet been identified, but the outbreak is under control, Minster of Health Abdul Latif Wreikat said on Sunday.
The ministry on Friday closed the hospital’s ICU after an unknown illness believed to be pneumonia affected seven nurses, one of whom died on Thursday, one doctor, and the brother of one of the nurses.
The minister said that so far, only 11 people have been confirmed infected with the disease, four of whom are receiving treatment and responding positively to medication, while six others have already been discharged from the hospital.
The ministry has set up an emergency team from its Communicable Diseases Directorate to investigate the cause of the illness, he said.
"The ministry's team took samples from the infected citizens, who also underwent intensive care measures to identify the cause," Wreikat told reporters at a press conference on Sunday, noting that the infected patients’ symptoms are similar to those of pneumonia.
The minister, who visited the Zarqa hospital on Saturday, said the ministry has confirmed that the outbreak has been brought under control and that the infected individuals are not in danger of spreading the disease to others.
Meanwhile, the minister said, the hospital has been sterilised three times over the past three days as a precautionary measure, while its employees have received a short, intensive training course on preventing the disease from spreading.
He also urged the media to be cautious and objective in reporting on the outbreak.

Minister of Health: a viral illness and not the blue bacteria

Ministry of Health formed a commission of inquiry into the death of the nurse in a hospital in the blue government to stand on all the medical procedures that have been made and the mechanism of treatment provided to them.
The results of the investigation will be announced to all, according to the announcement made by Minister of Health, Dr. Abdul Latif Wreikat, during a press conference held yesterday at the ministry building to find out the latest developments for the emergence of human cases of pneumonia in a hospital in the blue government.
He explained that the final results of laboratory tests on samples taken from patients are not yet clear, referring to the expectations by 90% to be caused by viral infection, not bacterial.
Indicated reports of the Ministry that the total number of cases detected was (11) case, it is still (3) of the Prince Hamzah Hospital, and one case dealt with in the Islamic Hospital, confirming the absence of all hospitals of the Ministry of injuries similar among the cadres, and stressing that climate change in this time to help the emergence of viruses and that the most important personal hygiene and safety.
And between the minister and the ministry a number of specialists to pneumonia each year harvested a number of deaths range from 10% to 30% of the injuries, it is located all over the world.
He attributed the minister «amplification Media» through which shine the charge on the Ministry of Health and the attack upon the «enemies of success who does not appeal to them what is achieved by the ministry of the successes of continuum», reiterated his confidence cadres of the Ministry of Health, said «Ministry giant will rise».
The minister added in his talk about what was done by ministry teams and staff for medical response to the crisis that doctors bra in the Ministry and although they are at the highest levels, they asked for the use of doctors to specialize itself from the private sector to determine the actions taken and the consultation on points of science of the subject.
He noted that the treatment that was followed was according to protocols existing global, has been sterilized hospital three times as standards of international companies, stressing that it was formed a field team daily under active monitoring in a hospital in the blue government to assess the procedures of infection control at the Department of intensive care allocation in full the hospital, the ministry has also surveyed a pandemic precaution for the region surrounding the hospital to look for similar cases in the population did not exist any case, in addition to follow-up visit and the health situation in other hospitals in the province of the blue.
The minister said he was coordinating with a national team specializing in disinfection and sterilization increase in concern for the cleanliness of the hospital environment, regardless of where the injury.
In this direction, the minister issued strict instructions to all the medical staff of doctors and nurses to abide by the procedures of infection control, and that contrary to these instructions require deterrent penalties by the Ministry, in cooperation with their union the interest on them and their patients, pointing to the need for the use of personal protection and attention to hand hygiene and the use of disinfectants and detergents are used properly.
And the minister during the conference that all the infected cases have suffered from high fever and dry cough by 70%, 50% general weakness, loss of appetite 40%, and that all patients had changes in chest radiology.
He explained that the ministry teams of the Directorate of contagious diseases has to take samples from all patients examined at the Central Laboratory of the Ministry, in addition to that these samples were taken to the laboratories the university sector, particularly laboratory University of Science and Technology, denying completely to send any samples to outside the Kingdom.
Said Wreikat he did not record any injuries among patients or escorts or reviewers, or staff of administrative and financial working in the hospital this year, and that the flu cases were significantly lower compared with last year, noting that this result came from the monitoring centers selected in the ministry to monitor the respiratory sharp.
It also refuted the Minister of Health to be imported Serlankih are caused by infection, and pointed out that the mentioned entered the intensive care unit in a coma sugar and then returned after a week in the case of suicide.
He confirmed that the injuries appeared on the medical staff in intensive care a week after the death of Sri Lankan.
It also refuted the possibility that the infection had reached the Kingdom of the patients Libyans, confirming the presence of 30 thousand Libby in the Kingdom were detected 14 cases of AIDS among them, and the number of TB cases and a large number of inflammation of the liver, where the ministry to take necessary measures according to protocols World.
He reviewed the Wreikat, during a press conference what he said the reasons for paying some of the attack on the Ministry of Health, including the Declaration of Hospital Prince Hamzah Hospital transformative, noting that the hospital provides to the health insurance fund 15 million dinars, and it will provide 40 million on insurance fund when the Ministry of Health City of specialized medical in all disciplines and the efforts of her children. He announced that the ministry will appoint (400) doctor, pointing out that he would not be in the Ministry of Health of any doctor, and doctors will be specialists in many disciplines.
In this context, he stressed that the ministry and Wreikat included in its work program delivery mechanism drugs for the owners of chronic diseases in the Kingdom a month without the trouble of going on the citizen and wait, believing that «this success does not appeal to some».
In a related development the Minister of Health, Dr. Abdul-Latif and Wreikat that Jordan is free of any disease epidemic or contagious, explaining that the disease which occurred in a hospital in the blue is still not known why, but it is not contagious and is not common, and the situation now is reassuring.
Said Wreikat during the hearing held by the House of Representatives on Sunday, headed by Abdul-Karim Al, and attended by Prime Minister Awn Al-Khasawneh and the ministry that the World Health Organization in its latest report confirmed the absence Jordan from any epidemic, and that the incidence of disease, the flu this year, less than last year.
The Minister of Health in response to inquiries by a representative on the disease that has afflicted a number of nurses and doctors in a hospital in the blue state, that the ministry conducted a medical examination inclusive of all patients in hospital blue, and cadres, as well as residents of the area surrounding the hospital, without proof of the existence of any injury Bay and B. .
He said the disease caused by a rise in temperature, which is not known, and has nothing to do with any kind of epidemic is known worldwide.
He said that the total Wreikat, who were injured in this disease eleven patients, including two doctors, eight nurses and the brother of one of the nurses.
He stressed that all people living with their situation is good, and left the hospital, except for the brother of one of the nurses who is currently in the Islamic Hospital, and put it excellent, and therefore he does not fear the spread of this disease «It is not contagious».
He said «we have heard many things during the last period on the death of people were injured by the disease, which is not true since the death of a Filipino was due to accident suicide, and child who died in a hospital in Ramtha, was due to disease of the meninges, and therefore did not Atov any person because of what happened in Hospital blue, except for one nurse was announced for it.

He explained that the disease appeared on 4/4/2012 when injured nurse, denied that the disease is (SARS or swine flu or bird).