- 著者
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             Kayoko Hayakawa
             
             Satoshi Kutsuna
             
             Takeo Kawamata
             
             Yuko Sugiki
             
             Chiharu Nonaka
             
             Keiko Tanaka
             
             Michi Shoji
             
             Masaki Nagai
             
             Shunsuke Tezuka
             
             Kazuyuki Shinya
             
             Hiroki Saito
             
             Takahiro Harada
             
             Nin Moriya
             
             Motoyuki Tsuboi
             
             Masataro Norizuki
             
             Yasuo Sugiura
             
             Yasuyo Osanai
             
             Masaya Sugiyama
             
             Ayako Okuhama
             
             Kohei Kanda
             
             Yuji Wakimoto
             
             Mugen Ujiie
             
             Shinichiro Morioka
             
             Kei Yamamoto
             
             Noriko Kinoshita
             
             Masahiro Ishikane
             
             Sho Saito
             
             Yuki Moriyama
             
             Masayuki Ota
             
             Keiji Nakamura
             
             Takato Nakamoto
             
             Satoshi Ide
             
             Hidetoshi Nomoto
             
             Yutaro Akiyama
             
             Tetsuya Suzuki
             
             Yusuke Miyazato
             
             Yoshiaki Gu
             
             Nobuaki Matsunaga
             
             Shinya Tsuzuki
             
             Yumiko Fujitomo
             
             Yoshiki Kusama
             
             Hiroyuki Shichino
             
             Masao Kaneshige
             
             Junko Yamanaka
             
             Miki Saito
             
             Masayuki Hojo
             
             Masao Hashimoto
             
             Shinyu Izumi
             
             Jin Takasaki
             
             Manabu Suzuki
             
             Keita Sakamoto
             
             Yukio Hiroi
             
             Sakurako Emoto
             
             Makoto Tokuhara
             
             Toshiaki Kobayashi
             
             Koichiro Tomiyama
             
             Fumihiko Nakamura
             
             Norio Ohmagari
             
             Haruhito Sugiyama
             
          
- 出版者
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine
- 雑誌
- Global Health & Medicine (ISSN:24349186)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.2, no.2, pp.107-111, 2020-04-30 (Released:2020-05-10)
- 参考文献数
- 11
- 被引用文献数
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             25
             
             
          
        
        Due to the significant spread of a new type of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) in China, the Chinese government blockaded several cities in Hubei Province. Japanese citizens lost a means of transportation to return back to Japan. The National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) helped the operation of charter flights for evacuation of Japanese residents from Hubei Province, and this article outlines our experiences. A total of five charter flights were dispatched, and the majority of returnees (793/829 [95.7%]) were handled at NCGM. A large number of personnel from various departments participated in this operation; 107 physicians, 115 nurses, 110 clerical staff, and 45 laboratory technicians in total. Several medical translators were also involved. In this operation, we conducted airborne precautions in addition to contact precautions. Eye shields were also used. The doctors collecting the pharyngeal swab used a coverall to minimize the risk of body surface contamination from secretions and droplets. Enhanced hand hygiene using alcohol hand sanitizer was performed. Forty-eight persons were ultimately hospitalized after the triage at NCGM operation, which was more than the number of persons triaged at the airport (n = 34). Of those hospitalized after NCGM triage, 8.3% (4/48 patients) ultimately tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, significantly higher than the positive rate among subjects not triaged (4/48 [8.3%] vs. 9/745 [1.2%]: p = 0.0057). NCGM participated in a large-scale operation to evacuate Japanese nationals from the COVID-19 epidemic area. We were able to establish a scheme through this experience that can be used in the future.