Shandong: high-risk exposure groups should be focused on preventing and controlling bird flu

Xinhua Jinan January 20 (Xinhua Wang Haiying) for emerging case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases, Shandong Provincial Health Department issued a circular calling for the health administrative departments at all levels attach great importance to engage in poultry breeding, slaughtering, processing, transactions, as well as medical personnel, such as high-risk exposure to the protection work the crowd.

Shandong Province Health Department's Office of emergency to strengthen the focus on places of high-risk groups of self-protection publicity, the local disease prevention and control institutions

To do a good job in hospitals, live poultry market places and other key environmental disinfection work and high risk groups exposed to the disease monitoring. Disease control agencies at all levels should learn more about high-risk area exposed to the distribution of staff and large-scale poultry farming and processing the number of personnel, the farmers of self-protection, technical guidance and information from the Provincial infected with the avian epidemic had in close contact with medical personnel isolated for observation. Once a suspected case earlier report, early isolation and early treatment, and disinfection of contaminated sites strictly implemented.

Shandong Province Health Department asked all cities and units to implement strict epidemic monitoring system, and effectively play the monitoring point and the role of sentinel hospitals, paying close attention to unexplained pneumonia and fever of unknown causes, once found bird flu cases or suspected cases must be reported immediately Direct network reported that at the same time to start a daily epidemic reporting system.

In addition, Shandong requested all medical institutions to strengthen bird flu prevention and treatment of medical staff training in knowledge, every reception of medical personnel should grasp of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza treatment, prevention and control and epidemiological investigation of the relevant knowledge, improve grass-roots medical staff the patient's awareness of early detection, diagnosis and treatment capabilities and.