Chonnam National University Hospital Begins Full Operation as 'National Safe Hospital'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam National University Hospital (Director Lee Sam-yong) announced on the 9th that it has officially started operating the ‘National Safe Hospital,’ recently selected by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Hospital Association.

The National Safe Hospital is a facility that separates the movement paths of respiratory disease patients visiting the hospital from the moment they arrive until outpatient treatment or hospitalization, to block the possibility of hospital-acquired infections due to COVID-19 community transmission.

To this end, Jeonnam National University Hospital has installed a National Safe Hospital Respiratory Medicine Department through remodeling work on the annex between Building 1 and Building 7, and will temporarily provide outpatient care for all respiratory patients outside the ward until the end of COVID-19.

This is expected to be highly effective in preventing hospital-acquired COVID-19 infections and the spread of infection, as well as helping to alleviate anxiety among hospital visitors and patients.

The Jeonnam National University Hospital National Safe Hospital consists of two consultation rooms, one tuberculosis counseling room, one respiratory symptom counseling room, one administration payment window, as well as imaging examination and blood collection rooms. Each room is equipped with negative pressure facilities to block virus exposure to the outside.

Also, the National Safe Clinic is divided into Type A, which operates by separating the movement paths in the respiratory outpatient area, and Type B, which operates inpatient rooms including screening clinics and respiratory wards; Jeonnam National University Hospital corresponds to Type B.

Medical staff wear protective gear such as KF94 or higher masks, goggles and face shields, disposable aprons, and latex gloves during treatment.

Meanwhile, Jeonnam National University Hospital has installed promotional materials throughout the hospital to guide all patients visiting the Respiratory Medicine Department to easily find the consultation rooms.

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