Gyeonggi-do Provides 'Infectious Disease Education' to Managers of High-Risk COVID-19 Facilities... Targeting 1,000 People

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will conduct infectious disease response training for facility managers as cluster infection cases have surged since October, mainly in high-risk facilities such as nursing hospitals within the province.

The province announced on the 10th that from the 8th to the 16th of this month, it will hold non-face-to-face lectures for 1,000 nursing facility managers to strengthen infectious disease response capabilities and manage stress.

According to the province, cluster infection cases in high-risk facilities increased sharply from 1 to 9 cases between January and September this year to 25 cases in October. By facility, there were 13 cases with 327 people in nursing homes, 6 cases with 180 people in nursing hospitals, 5 cases with 93 people in day and night care centers, and 1 case with 65 people in psychiatric hospitals.

According to the epidemiological investigation results by the province, both residents and staff of these facilities failed to comply with quarantine rules.

Specifically, there were 15 facilities that did not conduct tests within 2 days of symptom onset, 13 facilities with inadequate supervision of mask-wearing, 10 facilities using shared areas, 9 facilities with poor ventilation, 8 facilities with staff shortages (such as rotating work without fixed work zones), 6 facilities with easy contact between rooms, 6 facilities with inadequate staff PPE (personal protective equipment) usage, 5 facilities with high density, 4 facilities not performing regular disinfection, 4 facilities with close contact among staff, 2 facilities operating joint programs, 1 facility allowing face-to-face visits, and 1 facility with inadequate screening upon new admissions.

In particular, among the 25 index patients (the first confirmed infected person in the facility) in cluster infection cases, 20 were staff members, which is more than four times the 5 residents.

The province will conduct this non-face-to-face lecture through the Gyeonggi Lifelong Learning Portal's video learning system.

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