Prevention Of Coronavirus Pneumonia Research Articles

Family-centered care: addressing challenges and implementing countermeasures in response to novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control—a narrative review

Family-centered care: addressing challenges and implementing countermeasures in response to novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control—a narrative review

Prevalence of taste and smell dysfunction in mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients during Omicron prevalent period in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional survey study

ObjectivesCOVID-19, which is caused by SARS-CoV-2, is a severe threat to human health and the economy globally. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of taste and/or smell dysfunction and...

Implementing caregiver management measures in general hospitals to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.

To summarize the whole process management measures for caregivers of inpatients in a non-new coronavirus pneumonia designated hospital in China during the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. The implementation of these measures is mainly to prevent the virus pandemic caused by crowd gathering. A quasi-experimental study. Novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control measures were implemented in the 'pre-hospital link, hospitalization link and discharge link' for the whole process of the hospitalized patients' caregivers. To evaluate the effects by time point inspection, the results were fed back using information technology for quality improvement. The results of three time point inspections indicated that the management quality of many projects improved continuously (p < 0.05). From January to June of 2021, 20 departments implemented a facial recognition information management system. The ratio of patients/caregivers admitted was 1:0.528~1:0.965; It was found that it is effective to implement the whole process management measures. The facial recognition system plays a key role in the comprehensive management of the caregivers.

Emergency training need and effect evaluation analysis of novel coronavirus pneumonia in centers of disease control and prevention

A questionnaire was used to investigate the emergency training needs of novel coronavirus pneumonia of disease prevention and control institutions in provinces, deputy provincial level regions and cities specifically designated in the state plan, and the effect evaluation of emergency training activities conducted by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC). The results showed that 67.4% of 47 disease prevention and control institutions (31/46) believed that the emergency training at the initial stage of the epidemic should be conducted as soon as possible, and the form of network training should be given priority. The training should focus on the urgently needed technologies such as epidemiological investigation, formulation and response of prevention and control strategies, laboratory testing, etc. The teaching materials should highlight pertinence and practicability and be presented in the form of electronic video. The average satisfaction score of the video training conducted by China CDC was (8.81±1.125) and the score of audio-video courseware was (8.97±0.893). The needs analysis and evaluation of novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control in disease prevention and control institutions could provide reference for the follow-up training and improve the emergency training management.

Coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnant and non-pregnant women: a retrospective study.

Coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnant and non-pregnant women: a retrospective study.

Integrated management is effective in the prevention and control of COVID-19 in the blood purification center: joint efforts from multiple departments

BackgroundDuring the outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia, many hospitals in China became the designated hospitals for the treatment of new coronavirus pneumonia. The goal was to develop rapid and effective prevention and control methods for blood purification centers.Research design and methodsThe medical department, hospital department, nursing department, and blood purification center jointly set up a multi-department integrated COVID-19 prevention and control management team to manage the blood purification center. The efforts included the establishment of the continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) team for COVID-19, the integrated training and assessment of medical personnel, the integrated education of patients and their families, and the integrated management of the workflow of the hemodialysis room.ResultsNo infected persons, including medical staff, patients, and their families, have been found in the dialysis center. After multi-departmental integrated training, the theoretical performance of medical staff in our dialysis center has increased from 82.36 ± 8.10 to 95.29 ± 4.95 (p < 0.05), and the unqualified rate dropped from 23.21 to 1.78% (p < 0.05). In addition, the three operational skills evaluation scores have also been significantly improved, from 86.00 ± 4.02, 88.01 ± 6.20, 92.01 ± 2.46 to 95.90 ± 0.30, 97.21 ± 0.87, 96.00 ± 1.00 (p < 0.01), and the passing rate from 80.36 to 100% (p < 0.05).ConclusionMedical staff’s knowledge of novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control can be improved by multi-sectoral integrated management, and CRRT treatment of COVID-19 patients is effective.

Reflection on Emergency Management in China Based on Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control

In 2019, China had novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, which seriously threatened people’s health and affected social order and economic development. The novel coronavirus epidemic has been actively dealt with by the government. However, there are still some problems, such as weak awareness of crisis, ineffective emergency response, stagnant legal construction, unsound rumors, ineffective public opinion, insufficient material support, inefficient allocation of resources, the local officials with low ability, inadequate humanistic care and incomplete rescue mechanism. By analyzing how the government deal with the novel coronavirus pneumonia crisis, we can optimize the working mechanism, improving the working methods, and improving the government’s emergency management capability.

Guidelines for the Prevention of Coronavirus Pneumonia in Elderly People

Elderly people have weakened immune functions and suffer from many underlying chronic diseases. They are at high risk of contracting COVID-19. Most of the patients who died of COVID-19 were either elderly persons or patients with underlying diseases. Therefore, it is important to improve the knowledge and awareness of the prevention of COVID-19 among the elderly. In this guideline, we analyze the susceptibility of the elderly to critical illness, and the causes of this vulnerability. Based on the characteristics of the prevention and control of COVID-19 among elderly people, we propose recommendations from three perspectives: infection source, transmission route, and susceptible population. These measures can help reduce the infection of the elderly with COVID-19. Keywords: Elderly people, COVID-19, prevention, SARS-CoV-2

Empirical Research on the Application of Online Teaching in Chinese Colleges and Universities Under the Situation of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control

At the turn of 2019-2020, a new epidemic broke out in China. China has entered the critical stage of epidemic prevention and control. And The severe situation has led to the failure of normal opening of new semester in Chinese colleges and universities. In order to effectively guarantee the education, teaching and talent cultivation in colleges and universities, the Ministry of education of China has rapidly put forward the requirements of launching online teaching. Therefore, under the situation of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (Hereinafter referred to as 2019-nCoV) prevention and control, online teaching in Chinese colleges and universities is widely used and develops rapidly. However, the demand for online education has been released in a short time and on a large scale, and each online teaching platform has encountered unprecedented pressure and challenges. In this regard, based on the situation of 2019-nCoV prevention and control in China, this paper demonstrates how the Chinese government deploy online teaching in an all-round way with specific measures, how the Chinese colleges and universities implement massive online teaching quickly, how teachers and students adapt to online teaching quickly. At the same time, this paper carries out empirical analysis to show the process and effectiveness of online teaching in Chinese colleges and universities in the unprecedented state of 2019-nCoV prevention and control with specific examples. On this basis, it analyzes and summarizes the advantages and disadvantages, so as to facilitate the later improvement and provide reference.

Strategy of pharmaceutical care services for clinical Chinese pharmacists in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) seriously endangers people's health. Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) has been recommended for the treatment of COVID-19 in Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Strategy, which have made outstanding contributions to the prevention and control of the epidemic. The wide application of Chinese medicine asked the pharmacists and doctors, nurses, and medical technicians in Wuhan and around the country to stand on the front line of COVID-19 treatment, and provide pharmaceutical care services, which has effectively guaranteed the safety and rational use of Chinese medicine. This article will introduce the TCM cognition of the COVID-19, analyze the clinical application of Chinese medicine and the entry point of pharmaceutical care, and clarify that clinical Chinese pharmacists can participate in making medication therapy plan, medication reconciliation, and prescription review, promoting rational drug use, pharmaceutical monitoring, and drug risk management. The participation of clinical Chinese pharmacists in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 is conducive to improving the level of rational use of TCM, by ensuring the effectiveness, and safety.

PC-FACS: COVID-19

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Clinical features and outcomes of pregnant women suspected of coronavirus disease 2019

Background2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a worldwide pandemic. Under such circumstance pregnant women are also affected significantly.ObjectiveThis study aims to observe the clinical features and outcomes of pregnant women who have been confirmed with COVID-19.MethodsThe research objects were 55 cases of suspected COVID-19 pregnant women who gave a birth from Jan 20th 2020 to Mar 5th 2020 in our hospital-a big birth center delivering about 30,000 babies in the last 3 years. These cases were subjected to pulmonary CT scan and routine blood test, manifested symptoms of fever, cough, chest tightness or gastrointestinal symptoms. They were admitted to an isolated suite, with clinical features and newborn babies being carefully observed. Among the 55 cases, 13 patients were assigned into the confirmed COVID-19 group for being tested positive sever acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) via maternal throat swab test, and the other 42 patients were assigned into the control group for being ruled out COVID-19 pneumonia based on new coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control program(the 7th edition).ResultsThere were 2 fever patients during the prenatal period and 8 fever patients during the postpartum period in the confirmed COVID-19 group. In contrast, there were 11 prenatal fever patients and 20 postpartum fever patients in the control group (p>0.05). Among 55 cases, only 2 case had cough in the confirmed group. The imaging of pulmonary CT scan showed ground- glass opacity (46.2%, 6/13), patch-like shadows(38.5%, 5/13), fiber shadow(23.1%, 3/13), pleural effusion (38.5%, 5/13)and pleural thickening(7.7%, 1/13), and there was no statistical difference between the confirmed COVID-19 group and the control group (p>0.05). During the prenatal and postpartum period, there was no difference in the count of WBC, Neutrophils and Lymphocyte, the radio of Neutrophils and Lymphocyte and the level of CRP between the confirmed COVID-19 group and the control group(p<0.05). 20 babies (from confirmed mother and from normal mother) were subjected to SARS-CoV-2 examination by throat swab samples in 24 h after birth and no case was tested positive.ConclusionThe clinical symptoms and laboratory indicators are not obvious for asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 pregnant women. Pulmonary CT scan plus blood routine examination are more suitable for finding pregnancy women with asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 infection, and can be used screening COVID-19 pregnant women in the outbreak area of COVID-19 infection.

Clinical characteristics of 60 discharged cases of 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia in Taizhou, China.

BackgroundThe number of patients with pneumonia stemming from the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection has increased rapidly. However, the clinical characteristics of discharged patients remain little known. Here, we attempt to describe the clinical characteristics and treatment experiences of discharged cases from Taizhou, China.MethodsA total of 60 patients with COVID-19-infected pneumonia who were discharged from Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), from January 31, 2020, to February 16, 2020, were included in the analysis. The discharge criteria were based on the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Program (Fifth Edition, China).ResultsOf the 60 patients, the median age was 41 years, and 58.3% were male. Only 13.3% of patients were identified as having severe novel coronavirus pneumonia. All patients received combined antiviral treatment on admission, including β-interferon, lopinavir/tonavir, Abidol and oseltamivir. All patients with severe conditions received gamma globulin and hormone therapy. No patients had endotracheal intubation or died. The median duration from symptom onset to hospitalization was 3 (range, 0–15) days. The median duration of COVID-19 shedding was 14 (range, 5–26) days, and the median duration of hospital stay was 15 (range, 7–23) days.ConclusionsEarly therapy and comprehensive therapy are key to the outcome for patients with COVID-19-infected pneumonia, especially for those with severe pneumonia.Trial registration numberChiCTR2000029866.

Construction of 5G intelligent medical service system in novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control

Objective: To analyze application fields of 5G communication technology in Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic prevention and control, and build a 5G intelligent medical service system for COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control in China. Methods: We collected and analyzed 5G technology application cases used in the fight against COVID-19 from December 2019 to February 2020: 5G + telemedicine application cases, 5G + negative pressure ambulance cases, 5G + remote monitoring cases, 5G + artificial intelligence cases, 5G + infrared thermography temperature detection cases, 5G + big data analysis cases for epidemic prevention and control. Results: Through the analysis of 5G application cases in COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control, we found out the key elements of 5G intelligent medical service system in COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control. By optimizing and upgrading the internal service mode of the hospital, breaking the internal and external barriers, integrating internal and external resources, and strengthening 5G intelligent medical security, we can form a 5G intelligent medical service system for COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control, including application layer, technical service layer, network support layer and security system layer. Conclusion: 5G communication technology has the characteristics of faster speed, shorter time delay and denser capacity. In COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control work, it can further improve the efficiency of doctors' diagnosis, improve patients' medical experience, realize the remote sharing of high-quality medical resources and real-time information exchange, effectively block the spread of epidemic, alleviate the shortage of medical resources and medical staff, and make the epidemic prevention and control more efficient. Key words: 5G communication technology; Artificial intelligence; COVID-19; Epidemic prevention and control; Intelligent medical treatment

新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间非一线病房的防控策略

新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间非一线病房的防控策略

The Application of “Internet Plus Nursing Service” Mode under the Epidemic of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia

Objective: To explore the application of “Internet plus nursing service” program under the pandemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP). Methods: Nurses of Transitional Care Department of the author’s hospital assessed and categorized adequately the patients who applied for services online and used a combination of online and offline approaches to provide nursing care to patients at home. Results: During the pandemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia from January 19th to March 31st, Transitional Care Department adopted the “Internet plus nursing service” mode to provide nursing services for 357 cases of the in home patients, which was approximately three times the number of the same period in last year. As a result of a comprehensive evaluation, 248 cases of patients’ medical care problems were solved through online educational guidance and consultation; 101 cases of patients were served by home-based services; and 8 cases of patients were recommended to receive professional medical treatment in hospital. There were no patients admitted to the hospital for reasons such as changes in their conditions through follow-up visits, and home visit nurses were in good health. Conclusion: In-home patients have greater demands for the “Internet plus nursing service” due to the pandemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia. Applying the “Internet plus nursing service” mode to serve patients can not only meet the medical needs of in-home patients, but also effectively relieve the pressure of hospital treatment. Moreover, it also reduces the risk of cross-infection by decreasing the number of staffs for mass gatherings, which plays a paramount role in control and prevention of the novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention.

Practice and reflection on management of donated drugs during new crown pneumonia epidemic

Objective: This paper explores the management of donated drugs in public health emergencies, and establishes a set of operational management methods for donated drugs, so as to provide reference for the following similar events. Methods Review the relevant literature and management methods of donated drugs, summarize the management models and problems of donated drugs in other medical institutions, and formulate the selection list and management methods of donated medicines for New Crown Pneumonia to guide the donated medicines management work in our hospital by referring the new coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control program issued by the General Office of the National Health and Health Commission and our hospital's outpatient diagnosis and treatment program. Results A set of operational management measures for donated drugs was established, It includes the establishment and improvement of covid-19 donation drug management team, the development of donation drug selection catalog, donation drug receiving and qualification verification, the storage, distribution and use of donated drugs, donation drug accounting management and publicity, and the treatment of some remaining donated drugs. The total utilization rate of donated drugs was 86.64%. Conclusion In public health emergencies, Chinese pharmacists have accumulated a lot of experience in the management of donated drugs, and put forward some good management strategies. The development of guidelines for the selection and use of donated drugs and the informatization and systematization of the management of donated drugs need to be further strengthened and promoted.