Is there any change in the epidemic situation in Guangzhou Eye Hospital?
Since the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic has had a huge impact on all parts of the world, including China. As an important economic town and densely populated area in China, Guangzhou has naturally become a key area for epidemic prevention and control. As the guardian of the public's eye health, the ophthalmic hospital has also been under great pressure. So, has the epidemic situation in Guangzhou Eye Hospital changed? Next, we will elaborate from four aspects.
Changes in hospital diagnosis and treatment services
At the beginning of the epidemic, Guangzhou Eye Hospital urgently adjusted the diagnosis and treatment process and strengthened the management of outpatient and emergency services. First of all, the hospital has increased the proportion of appointment registration to avoid a large number of patients gathering in the hospital and reduce the risk of cross infection. Secondly, the hospital strengthened the triage work of patients and temporarily isolated patients with unclear conditions to ensure the safety of other patients. At the same time, the hospital has strengthened the training of medical staff to improve their awareness of protection and operational skills.
With the slowing down of the epidemic, Guangzhou Eye Hospital has gradually restored normal diagnosis and treatment services. The hospital has set up seat spacing in the waiting area, requiring patients to wear masks and provide free hand disinfectant. The medical staff asked the patients in detail, screened for fever, cough and other symptoms, and ensured that patients at risk of infection were excluded. The hospital also encourages the use of online diagnosis and treatment services to reduce personnel turnover.
Strengthening epidemic prevention measures in hospitals
Guangzhou Eye Hospital strengthened epidemic prevention measures during the epidemic, ensuring the safety of patients and medical staff. The hospital strengthened the disinfection work in the outpatient area, inpatient area, operating room and other areas, increased the disinfection frequency, and ensured the sanitation of the environment. The hospital requires medical staff to train and wear personal protective equipment correctly, including masks, protective clothing, goggles, etc., which improves the self-protection ability of medical staff.
In addition, the hospital also strengthened the management of patients and accompanying personnel, implemented flow limiting measures to avoid personnel gathering. The hospital requires patients and accompanying personnel to wear masks, provide temperature detection, and report abnormalities immediately to ensure the safety of the entire medical environment.
Guangzhou Eye Hospital also strengthened cooperation with other hospitals and health departments, shared epidemic information in a timely manner, and did a good job in joint prevention and control. The hospital has established a special epidemic prevention and control working group, which is responsible for the organization and coordination of all work to ensure that the epidemic is effectively controlled.
Changes in patients' willingness to visit
During the epidemic, patients' willingness to see a doctor in Guangzhou Eye Hospital was affected to some extent. On the one hand, the impact of the epidemic makes some patients have doubts about going to the hospital for medical treatment and worry about the risk of infection; On the other hand, the hospital strengthened epidemic prevention measures and process adjustment, improved the safety of medical treatment, and some patients with eye disease symptoms gradually recovered their willingness to see a doctor.
In order to increase the convenience of medical treatment, Guangzhou Eye Hospital has increased the promotion of online diagnosis and treatment services. Patients can make online consultation and appointment through the hospital's official website or mobile APP, and doctors will provide online diagnosis and treatment plans or suggestions according to the patients' eye diseases. This measure effectively alleviates the pressure of patients to see a doctor, and also reduces the contact between patients.
Summary
To sum up, a series of changes have taken place in Guangzhou Eye Hospital during the epidemic. The hospital has changed the diagnosis and treatment service process, strengthened epidemic prevention measures, and restored normal diagnosis and treatment services; The patient's willingness to see a doctor has been affected to some extent, but with the strengthening of epidemic prevention and the promotion of online diagnosis and treatment, the patient's willingness to see a doctor has recovered. Guangzhou Eye Hospital actively responded to the epidemic and provided safe and convenient ophthalmic services for patients.
