Investigation of the emergency situation for agency of disease prevention and control in Xi'an

Abstract

Objective To Evaluate the status of health emergency situation of disease prevention and control, and to provide the basis for scientific decision-making. Methods Using the method of cross-section investigation, the present situation of public health emergency in 14 public health organizations in Xi'an was investigated, the data were analyzed by Spss18.0 and Microsoft Excel 2003. Results The emergency response system was constructed basically in Xi'an. The status of health emergency control situation was not optimistic,up to standard rate of emergency equipments was low. The emergency disposal system of public health emergencies was only 14.29%in perfect.Emergency team received professional training accounted for 55.63%.100% of the investigation agency made the department plans according to the higher plan,but only 64.29% of the agency can do the plan for a regular exercise and maintenance.88.32%of the team members received professional training to deal with the sudden departure time from receiving an average of 0.88 hours.28.57% counties agency had no pathogenic detection equipment,14.29%county agency waswithout physical and chemical testing equipment, and 7.14%county agency had no universal equipment. The training of epidemiology, inspection and emergency management were trained on average 1.38times a year, 1.2 times and 0.63 times respectively. Conclusion The emergency disposal system of the disease control institution in Xi'an has been preliminarily formed, but in the personnel configuration and other aspects exist many deficiencies. Effective measures should be adopted to strengthen construction of health emergency situation. Key words: Agency of disease prevention and control; Emergency; Investigation