Peninsula all** reporter Qi Juan.
After the Spring Festival holiday, many friends have embarked on the return journey to start the new year's work. With the large flow of people, there is still a certain risk of infection of respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza and new crown, and crowd gathering places such as collective units, shopping malls, supermarkets, and elderly care institutions are high-risk places for the spread and epidemic of respiratory infectious diseases. So, how to effectively prevent respiratory infections after returning to work during the Spring Festival? What scientific and standardized prevention and control measures should collective units take? Qingdao disease control experts issued relevant reminders.
The following prevention and control measures should be taken in the office space: Do a good job of indoor ventilation. It is recommended that the office be ventilated twice a day for 15-30 minutes to promote indoor air circulation. If conditions permit, you can turn on exhaust fans and other exhaust devices to strengthen indoor air flow. Before the use of air conditioners, cleaning and disinfection should be strengthened, and when the centralized air conditioning and ventilation system is used, ensure that the indoor fresh air volume meets the requirements of sanitary standards, and at the same time, external windows should be opened regularly to strengthen ventilation.
Maintain environmental hygiene. For objects that are frequently touched in daily life, such as elevator buttons, punch card machines, desks, conference tables, microphones, doorknobs and other parts, they can be regularly disinfected with 75% alcohol or 84 disinfectant solution to effectively reduce the spread of viruses in the environment.
Strengthen health monitoring of employees. If you have flu-like symptoms such as fever and cough, it is recommended to take active self-isolation measures until 48 hours after the fever has subsided, and then return to work after recovery. Do not go to crowded places if you have symptoms to reduce the risk of virus transmission.
Develop good habits. Develop good hygiene habits and promote a healthy lifestyle. Exercise moderately according to your physical condition. Adhere to a regular schedule and rest, ensure adequate sleep, maintain a healthy mentality, and improve immunity.
Get vaccinated aggressively. Vaccination is one of the most effective preventive measures to prevent respiratory infectious diseases, and it is recommended that relevant personnel actively receive vaccines such as new crown, influenza, and pneumococcal to prevent related respiratory infectious diseases.
Shopping malls and supermarkets should take the following prevention and control measures: Do a good job of cleaning and disinfection. The environment should be kept clean and hygienic, disinfected regularly every day, and cleaning and disinfection records should be made. Elevator halls, toilets and surfaces frequently touched and used by the public, such as door handles, faucets, counters, shelves, shopping baskets, shopping carts, etc., should be cleaned daily and disinfected if necessary.
Enhance indoor ventilation. Strengthen ventilation, and if there are ventilation conditions, open windows for ventilation are preferred, at least 2-3 times a day, for more than 30 minutes each time. When there is no window ventilation or poor ventilation, it is advisable to increase mechanical ventilation methods (such as electric fans, exhaust fans, etc.), and it is recommended to clean and disinfect once a week. If you use centralized air conditioning, you should ensure that the air conditioner is running normally, keep the fresh air outlet clean, and regularly clean, disinfect or replace the air supply outlet and other equipment.
Practice hand hygiene. Staff should wash their hands frequently and keep their hands clean and hygienic while on duty. Hands should generally be washed with running water and hand sanitizer, and hand sanitizer if necessary. Avoid touching your mouth, eyes, and nose with your hands at work. Staff should wear gloves when handing over items and avoid direct contact with items.
Shorten waiting times and promote contactless services. Encourage customers to give priority to self-service shopping, use QR code payment methods to settle bills, minimize human contact and queuing time, and advocate a combination of online and offline procurement.
Elderly care institutions should take the following prevention and control measures: Strengthen environmental hygiene. Strengthen the management and remediation of environmental sanitation, carry out comprehensive and thorough cleaning of key areas such as living areas, activity areas, canteens, toilets, etc., carry out irregular air disinfection in rooms, canteens and other places where people are concentrated, and frequently open windows to maintain air circulation in the premises to prevent the occurrence of respiratory infectious diseases.
Do a good job of health education. Enhance the awareness of hygiene and disease prevention among the elderly and staff, pay attention to the common prevention of multiple diseases, and develop good personal hygiene habits.
Carry out health surveillance. When the elderly are found to have symptoms such as fever and cough, they should seek medical attention in a timely manner, and avoid participating in group activities and entering public places.
Promote healthy living. Promote a healthy and good lifestyle, provide the elderly with adequate and balanced nutritious diets, quiet sleeping environments and appropriate recreation and exercise facilities, and help the elderly improve their immunity.
Protect vulnerable populations. Actively organize the elderly to be vaccinated against new crown, influenza, pneumococcal and other vaccines to prevent related respiratory infectious diseases. At the same time, it is recommended to vaccinate staff against new crown, influenza, pneumococcal and other vaccines to further reduce the risk of respiratory infections among the elderly in nursing institutions.