- 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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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.