As the medical system becomes tighter with the new coronavirus, a simple infection control booth that prevents the virus from leaking out by covering the bed that treats the severely ill with a sheet is attracting attention.
At the Tokyo Women's Medical University East Medical Center, which accepts critically ill patients with the new coronavirus in Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, there are only two private rooms in the critical care center that are equipped with measures against infectious diseases. In order to increase the number, we are introducing a simple booth from April this year.
The booth is set up with a transparent sheet around the bed and is equipped with a high-performance air purifier that can remove viruses to maintain negative pressure.
By installing an IV drip or a ventilator device outside the booth, medical staff can treat without special equipment, so it can be installed for each bed, so it is parallel to patients other than the new coronavirus. It means that it can be treated.
Demand for such simple booths has been increasing at medical institutions since autumn, so one of the manufacturers in Tokyo is building a production increase system by increasing the number of personnel more than three times as usual. That is.
The person in charge of the factory of this manufacturer said, "Weekdays alone are not in time for delivery, and we are responding by increasing work on holidays. We are working on manufacturing with the intention of protecting medical staff."
Tomohisa Shoko, director of the Tokyo Women's Medical University East Medical Center and Emergency and Critical Care Center, said, "Even in a simple booth, the contaminated air virus is properly discharged, so infection can be prevented. The new corona and it It is an important device for flexibly responding to patients other than the above. "