A week before the first vaccination of the AZ vaccine… Confusion in nursing homes still
Workers in the atmosphere of “Thinking about patients, I’ll be right
70% of “no vaccinations” for safety concerns
The list of the government’s No. 1 vaccination targets confirmed today
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The first vaccination of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine, which will take place on the 26th, has come only a week in the future, but confusion is still occurring in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities, the number one vaccination group.
According to national nursing hospitals and facilities on the 19th, domestic vaccination is approaching, but there is also an atmosphere among patients and residents who are reluctant to vaccination because of concerns about side effects of the vaccine. A nursing hospital in Busan surveyed its own vaccination needs for workers, and only 30% answered that they would be vaccination. Some patients and guardians also complain of anxiety about the vaccine and are expressing their intention not to get the vaccine.
This concern has persisted since the government announced on the 15th, when the vaccination for AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccination was held on the 15th, saying that it is necessary to check additional clinical data. A 63-year-old patient in the Incheon nursing hospital said, “I doubt that 100% of the vaccines that have been withheld for those over 65 are safe for patients in their early 60s.” It is a situation” he said.
In the medical field, most of the patients in nursing hospitals and nursing facility residents are over 65 years of age, so it is argued that confusion can be reduced only when the authorities decide whether to immunize them as soon as possible. Vaccines that require ultra-low temperature refrigeration facilities such as Pfizer and Modena are difficult to handle in nursing hospitals, so AZ vaccines that can be stored at room temperature must be inoculated. However, since those 65 years of age or older are withheld from the vaccination target, only employees are inoculated.
On the one hand, there is an atmosphere that feels that it is fortunate that the vaccine was given in advance thanks to working in a nursing hospital. A nurse in a nursing hospital in Daejeon said, “In the beginning, there are employees who joked, saying,’We are Marutana’, but there is no response at all to refuse vaccination or give a resignation letter like some reports.” He said, “It’s scary because the treatment is not yet complete, but in order to lower the risk of infection for patients, it is better to get it right than wrong. I can’t rule out the possibility of side effects as well, but patient health and life first As I sworn to think, I will get an injection first.”
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At the sites of nursing hospitals and nursing facilities, it took an emergency to secure supplies necessary for vaccination. Each hospital needs a refrigerator to store the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is essential for refrigeration, and the thermometer is known to be close to 300,000 to 500,000 won per unit. An official in a nursing hospital, where the confirmed case occurred, said, “It is compulsory to have a thermometer that can be checked and detected 24 hours a day,” and “It has already cost a lot of money for quarantine due to Corona 19, but purchasing additional vaccines is a big deal for medical institutions. “A burden” said. Another nursing hospital official also said, “The thermometer I purchased is 450,000 won, and the refrigerator is more than that, but the hospital tells me to buy it all.” “There is a limit to storing in the existing refrigerator, so additional purchases are inevitable. I inquired about it, but he replied,’I know, do it.’
A 37-year-old nurse working at a nursing hospital specializing in mental illness in Jeonnam also pointed out that “the government policy of excluding vaccination facilities such as vaccine storage refrigerators from consignment agencies is a measure to lower the vaccination rate,” he said. “From the hospital’s point of view, it is the easiest way to put the patients in the hospital without moving them,” he said. “However, if the hospital pays all the cost of the facilities, hospitals with poor circumstances due to the prolonged Corona 19 will have to worry.” Explained.
In addition, the government emphasizes that vaccination is not compulsory, but it is also a concern in the field that if the infection spreads due to confirmation of unvaccinated patients or workers, compensation rights may be claimed. An official of a nursing hospital said, “There are many people who are anxious because of the side effects, and in the case of small nursing hospitals with less than 100 people, there are places that review not to receive vaccination.” I’m confused.”
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On this day, the COVID-19 vaccination response team will determine the list of people who are eligible for vaccination among nursing hospital patients, nursing facility residents and workers. According to the policy of withholding vaccination for the elderly aged 65 or older, the number of primary vaccination targets decreased to 272,131 (41.9%) under the age of 65 out of 648,855 nursing hospitals and facilities. Among the vaccination targets, only 43,303, or 6.67%, of 640,000 people under the age of 65 are only those who are hospitalized and admitted excluding workers.
In nursing hospitals where doctors work, in-house vaccination is performed, and in nursing facilities, in-visit vaccination is performed by a consignment medical institution or a health center team. From March, 354,000 workers from high-risk medical institutions will receive the AZ vaccine at the institution, and 78,000 first responders to Corona 19 will receive the vaccine at public health centers. It is expected that people 65 years of age and older will be able to get the vaccine as early as April.
/ Intern reporter Park Yena [email protected]
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