Establish a system to enable PCR testing within Hitachi Promptly test negatives during overseas travel

Establish a system that enables PCR testing within Hitachi Internally Negative proof quickly on business trip July 28, 20:13

As the global spread of the new coronavirus continues to grow, Hitachi has set up a system that allows employees who are traveling overseas to carry out in-house testing so that they can quickly obtain a negative PCR test proof.

Hitachi has minimized overseas business trips by prohibiting travel in areas where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Infectious Disease Hazard Information" states "Level 3".

On the other hand, in the future, it is expected that more employees will be required to make business trips to areas where negative proof of PCR test is required, so we have established a system to carry out PCR test at bases in Tokyo and Ibaraki.

Of these, at the base in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, it is possible to collect up to 8 samples per day at the in-house clinic.

In the inspection, an industrial doctor wearing protective clothing to prevent infection takes a sample from the employee's nose using an inspection kit, seals it in a special bag, and sends it to the inspection agency.

Of the approximately 33,000 employees who are subject to the test, those who are planning a business trip to an area where negative certification is required are to be borne by the company.

Yoshiyuki Akiyama, an industrial physician at Hitachi, who is in charge of the inspection, said, "We have thorough safety measures to prevent the spread of the infection. There is a window to be inspected inside the company, and medical personnel who we know carry out. I think that will lead to a sense of security for employees."

Mitsubishi Corporation also conducts PCR tests at in-house clinics

A major trading company, Mitsubishi Corporation, conducts a PCR test at an in-house clinic in Tokyo for employees who have been assigned to overseas bases as expatriates.

The target is approximately 400 employees, of which 80 have so far confirmed negative and have departed to England, Singapore, China, and so on.

In addition, we carry out PCR tests at medical institutions for the families of employees who are transferred, and the company bears the cost. As a general rule, the company is currently canceling business trips overseas, but when resuming business trips, we will consider conducting PCR tests for employees.