HOSPITALS SHALL ACTIVELY REGULATE THE BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT AND SAFE DISTANCE ASSURANCE
This highlight content is prescribed in the Ministry of Health’s Decision No. 1226/QD-BYT dated May 17, 2022, on promulgating the Guidelines on adjusting a number of provisions on screening, testing and distributing the flow of patients with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection, and receiving, treating COVID-19 patients in medical examination and treatment establishments.
In accordance with this Decision, at the gates of receiving patients of public and private hospitals with one or many gates, a signboard of “Way for patients suffering cough, fever, runny nose, sore throat, chest pain, dyspnoea, myalgia and loss of taste” must be placed. Such signboard may contain other contents such as other symptoms, hotlines, etc.; and lights for a clear view at night. After the signboard, there must be an instruction on the area for COVID-19 screening.
Besides, hospitals must request and instruct patients and visitors to wear face masks and disinfect their hands; the body temperature measurement and keeping a safe distance shall actively be regulated by the hospitals according to their physical foundations and the number of patients and visitors to the hospitals.
Hospitals shall focus on assessing the risk and detecting symptoms of COVID-19 infection to designate testing for patients before performing surgery, patients in high-risk departments such as intensive care, stroke, haemodialysis (artificial kidney), postoperation departments and other patients at professional requirements on the principles of protecting people at high risk, minimizing infection.
This Decision takes effect on the signing date.
