In addition to patients suffering from the flu, CHwapi is currently treating some patients suffering from Covid, but also from RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) infections. “RSV is the virus responsible for bronchiolitis in toddlers but which also affects adults. This year, the pediatric department is less under pressure, undoubtedly thanks to the beneficial effects of vaccinating pregnant women and babies against RSV On the other hand, we have more adults hospitalized in this context…”
Towards a return to barrier gestures
At EpiCURA Ath, admissions and discharges for flu cases are balanced . “The particularity of this type of infection is that it requires the isolation of the patient and therefore this limits the number of patients per room…, reports the EpiCURA communications department. To minimize the risk of spreading the virus within the hospital, we have put in place certain barrier gestures, such as wearing a mask, in the more sensitive departments.”
At the Mouscron hospital center, posters inviting patients and visitors, but also staff, to wear a mask to protect the most vulnerable people have reappeared. “The number of respiratory infections has increased sharply in recent days, particularly the number of cases of flu, reports to the CHM communications department. The flu seems more virulent this year, and the vaccination rate is not high…”
In CHwapi, no systematic return of barrier gestures. “But common sense, as Dr Delvallée points out. All people with respiratory symptoms wear a mask and patients with the flu, COVID or RSV are subject to isolation measures. “
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