Geumcheon-gu Establishes and Operates Integrated Negative Pressure Screening Clinic Continuously

Designed to prevent cross-infection between general patients and suspected infection cases... to be operated as the initial model of the Infection Prevention Management Center to be established in the future

'Integrated Negative Pressure Screening Clinic' set up in the plaza of Geumcheon-gu Public Health Center

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) has established a permanent infectious disease response system by introducing a negative pressure container-type screening clinic to respond to the resurgence of infectious diseases in preparation for the prolonged COVID-19 situation.

The newly introduced integrated negative pressure screening clinic is divided into medical staff and patient zones to prevent cross-infection during the treatment of suspected infectious patients. The medical staff zone is further divided into three areas: administration, treatment, and specimen collection, aiming to improve work efficiency.

The interior of the screening clinic is equipped with negative pressure equipment with a HEPA filtering system, a specimen collection room, and heating and cooling systems, allowing medical staff to receive, treat, and test infectious disease patients non-face-to-face without protective clothing in a systematic manner.

Since January 21, the district has operated a tent-type screening clinic, conducting 3,773 treatments. In the future, by restructuring the tuberculosis room within the public health center, the district plans to secure additional safe spaces for continuous infectious disease management and focus all efforts on responding to infectious diseases that may occur at any time.

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, “To prepare for the 'post-COVID' era, when infectious diseases may reoccur at any time, it is essential to establish an infectious disease prevention and management center.” He added, “Using the newly established integrated negative pressure screening clinic as a foundation, we will develop a complete model of an infectious disease prevention and management center that can respond systematically and swiftly to prevent and block regional infectious diseases in the future.”

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