In order to further understand the current situation of high-risk groups of tuberculosis in Ningyang County, find out the bottom number of high-risk groups of tuberculosis, and reduce the risk of tuberculosis disease. In accordance with the requirements of relevant provincial and municipal documents, the Public Health Department of the First People's Hospital of Ningyang County, together with the Ningyang County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, carried out screening and preventive intervention for high-risk groups of tuberculosis in 12 townships in mid-August.
The First Hospital of Ningyang County attaches great importance to the screening work, and before the screening, the medical staff was trained, and the purpose, significance, testing methods, and preventive interventions of the screening were explained in detail.
At the screening site, the medical staff screened the masses one by one and prepared small gifts for them, including a history of close contact with tuberculosis patients, consultation of suspicious symptoms of tuberculosis, mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (TST or T-SPOT) testing, and chest X-ray examination.
During the screening process, the medical staff also carried out publicity and education on the people in line, focusing on the prevention and treatment knowledge of tuberculosis symptoms, infection routes, treatment methods, etc., which greatly improved the public's awareness of prevention.
Prevention of tuberculosis is urgent. Through this screening work, the public's awareness of tuberculosis-related knowledge has been improved, the harm of tuberculosis has been fully recognized, the detection rate and cure rate of tuberculosis patients have been further improved, and the source of infection has been effectively controlled.
In the next step, the First People's Hospital of Ningyang County will further standardize the management of tuberculosis, so as to achieve scientific prevention and standardized treatment. For those who are abnormal in the screening, the diagnosis is clear as soon as possible, the risk of tuberculosis is reduced, and the health of the people in the county is effectively protected, laying a solid foundation for the construction of healthy Ningyang.
Source: The First People's Hospital of Ningyang County
Correspondents: Yang Kangning, Li Linlin, Chen Shumai