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I just told you for a moment, the health authorities raised two possibilities for infections of medical staff at Samsung Hospital. Each of them will be analyzed and what measures should be taken to prevent infection in the hospital.

Cho Dong-chan is a medical journalist.

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health authorities say the medical staff at Samsung Seoul Hospital may be infected from the patient who had surgery.

[Jeongeungyeong / Disease Management Division: Because surgical sheets accumulate in one area (of infections) Place the possibility of infection by such patients who underwent surgery in the area (and an epidemiological survey)

, but Samsung Seoul hospital official said the possibility Rate it low.

The nurse is in charge of thoracic surgery because patients who plan to undergo thoracic surgery, gynecology, and pediatric surgery related to the respiratory system have to undergo a corona19 test in advance to allow surgery.

Another cause has been raised for the possibility of infection outside the hospital.

Hospital officials say there are fundamental limitations to preventing infection.

It means that there is virtually no way to prevent a patient or employee who has never been to a government-designated place of infection, such as the Itaewon Club, from asymptomatic visits to the hospital.

This is because the current quarantine method of tracking the confirmed person's movements and contacts makes it difficult to find hidden asymptomatic community infected people.

To prevent hidden community infections from leading to infections at large hospitals such as Samsung Seoul Hospital, it is necessary to review the introduction of proactive and rapid diagnosis methods to the general public.

[Choejaeuk / Ancient Medicine Preventive Medicine Professor: must ensure the possibility of local infection risk and infected by tiered, group-specific, or work, you can pre precautions]

a rapid diagnostic kit was introduced in Europe and the US We do not authorize it to be inaccurate, but we need to review it.

(Video editing: Lee Seung-ryul)