Vietnam: Ninh Binh Province; Hoa Lu Health Center Prepardness

Hoa Lu Health Center: To promote the prevention and fight against epidemics
Posted: Tuesday, 12:33, 08/24/2010
Since June, the district has appeared three cases positive for swine streptococcus bacteria. Here are three patients in three different areas are: Van Ninh, Ninh Thang Thien Ton and towns, including two patients directly related to slaughter and eat pork.

As soon as information on disease situation, Hoa Lu Medical Center in collaboration with the Center for Preventive Medicine provincial officials to implement on the basis of the inspection, surveillance, chemical spraying organization Cloramin B substances at slaughter, food, places related to patients such as housing, around the garden, make a list and monitor the health of the people involved. Center has instructions for how health care facilities, processing techniques outbreak, reported income information as prescribed. Since then, the district has not appeared more cases of swine streptococcus do.
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The center has plans for prevention and treatment, close coordination with the commune health stations and townships in the district implemented the prevention and consolidation of the steering committee, assign specific responsibilities to each members, to promote propaganda on the radio three-level system, directing village health teams, strengthening the monitoring of the disease situation of the people, strengthening the prevention of food poisoning Products ... weekly report sent to the Centre.
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The center will be located in two rooms with four scientific Obtain beds to isolate patients when receiving services.

Adequate preparation of certain medicines, including chemicals, fluids, medicine ... Team officials under preventive medicine regularly coordinate with the commune health stations, township conduct inspection and supervision services disease. In the prevention of epidemics, the Center focuses on the former occurrence of outbreaks in previous years, such as food poisoning, acute diarrhea, influenza A (H5N1) virus, dengue fever ... to protect people's health area.