Papua health facilities must prepare an early alert system for the corona virus

Papua health facilities must prepare an early alert system for the corona virus

The Papua Provincial Health Office requires all health facilities to set up an early alert system and response to the transmission of pneumonia and influenza-like diseases in order to anticipate the spread of the new corona virus (2019-nCov).
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Head of Health Services, Papua Provincial Health Office, dr. Yoklin Suebu in Jayapura, Friday, explained the importance of implementing surveillance according to the early alert and response (SKDR) system for pneumonia and influenza-like diseases on a weekly basis to anticipate the transmission of the corona virus.
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"Friends in hospitals and ranks of primary health facilities must prepare a standardized anticipatory system according to compulsory competence according to the classification of their respective health facilities, screening at the entrance of emergency and outpatient installations, standard operating procedures for isolation are very strict, "said Dr. Yoklin.
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He explained that all hospitals and primary health facilities in the Papua Province region had also been required to prepare standard management procedures for the handling of newly emerging infectious diseases, referring to the Ministry of Health circular dated 7 January 2020 and clinical management for handling corona virus infections according to the standards of the Association of Doctors. Indonesian lungs.
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Yoklin explained that if a primary health facility finds a patient suspected of being infected with the corona virus, the health facility must refer him to the regional public hospital in accordance with the prevailing referral system.
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Efforts to anticipate the spread of the corona virus, according to him, also include education to patients and residents regarding the insufficiency of the transmission of the new corona virus and the preparation of masks in adequate amounts for residents.