Priority vaccination of the new coronavirus vaccine is expected to begin next month for healthcare professionals, but the Japanese Nursing Association and other organizations are currently increasing the number of visiting nurses who are not eligible for priority vaccination at home. We submitted a request to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to include vaccinations to support our patients.
The vaccine of the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare began a vaccination in preference to medical personnel to prospect a late next month, then, but our policy is to carry out the inoculation of the staff of the elderly and the elderly facilities, home care and visits Employees involved in nursing are excluded.
The Japanese Nursing Association and an organization made up of visiting nurses nationwide have submitted a request to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to include "visiting nurses" who do not belong to medical institutions.
According to the request, visiting nurses working at home-visit nursing stations need to support patients who are supposed to be hospitalized but are required to wait at home while the infection spreads rapidly and medical institutions are tight. is.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus and receiving medical treatment at home has increased to more than 30,000 as of the 13th of this month, which has more than doubled in the last half month. Is no different from a hospital. "
Last week, organizations created by long-term care providers also submitted a request to include staff involved in home care as priority vaccinations.
Requested group "The situation has changed and the number of care for infected people has increased."
Yumi Hirahara, Deputy Secretary General of the Japan Visiting Nursing Foundation, one of the organizations that submitted the request, said, "Until last year, we rarely cared for patients infected with the new corona in the field of home medical care. The situation has changed drastically since I entered the hospital, and some people cannot be hospitalized, so I am increasing the care of infected patients. I think that visiting nurses are naturally included in the priority vaccination. I was very surprised because I was there. I would like the people involved in home medical care to be eligible for priority vaccination in order to create an environment where they can receive medical care with peace of mind at the hospital or at home and can receive treatment and care. "