Close-up of the “6-year project” overcoming Covid-19 to help prevent hospital infections

(Dan Tri) - The project, which was launched in 2019 but was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has officially come into operation at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, contributing to improving the environment and preventing hospital infections.

On the morning of June 11, Le Van Thinh Hospital (Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City) officially inaugurated the "Laundry House using Japanese technology", marking an important step forward in infection control and improving the quality of medical services.

The project “Laundry House with Japanese Technology” was approved by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee in 2019. However, according to Specialist Doctor 2 Nguyen Hoai Nam, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, the implementation process had to be temporarily suspended due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. After the pandemic, many contents and locations of the project were adjusted, leading to an extension of the re-evaluation.

With persistent efforts and close coordination between the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, relevant city departments and Le Van Thinh Hospital, along with valuable support from Japan, the project has overcome all difficulties to reach the inauguration day.

Specialist Doctor 2 Tran Van Khanh, Director of Le Van Thinh Hospital, said that the unit signed a confirmation of funding for the Japanese technology laundry project on April 26, 2023. This is a non-refundable aid project with many strategic goals.

The project aims at three main objectives: improving the environment, preventing hospital infections, contributing to improving the quality of treatment; establishing standards for managing linen and training hygiene skills for medical staff; and creating a basis for developing and disseminating technology for supplying linen to other hospitals through technology transfer to Le Van Thinh Hospital.

These goals are completely consistent with the “National Action Plan on Infection Control in Medical Examination and Treatment Facilities for the 2016-2020 Period” according to Decision No. 1886 of the Ministry of Health .

The project has a total scale of more than 30.5 billion VND, including costs for machinery and equipment, laundry system materials, fabrics, project planning experts, training in Japan, and transportation and equipment installation costs.

According to engineer Nguyen Son Thai Thong, Deputy Head of Administration and Management Department, Le Van Thinh Hospital, the project "Laundry house with Japanese technology" is designed with 5 specialized operating areas: Gas storage, Boiler room, Dirty linen operation area, Dryer room, Ironing room, and Inspection room - fabric folding operation.

The laundry is equipped with 3 modern washing machines, each with a capacity of 50kg/batch, allowing the processing of up to 1,500kg of clothes per day. Putting the laundry into operation will help the hospital save billions of dong in outsourcing laundry costs each year, while reducing the workload for medical staff.

Mr. Ono Masuo, Consul General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City, emphasized the importance of strengthening measures to prevent hospital infections in Vietnam. He said that the risk of infection not only affects personal health but also seriously impacts the entire healthcare system.

According to Mr. Ono Masuo, establishing a clean and safe linen supply system – the basic foundation for infection prevention – is still an area that needs to be improved in terms of technology, human resources and mechanisms in Vietnam.

The newly inaugurated project not only provides high-quality fabrics but also puts into use state-of-the-art machinery, such as high-temperature sterilization washing machines and especially applies chip technology to effectively manage the use of fabrics.

In addition, the project also develops a plan to supply and manage textiles, train successor human resources to operate the equipment, thereby raising social awareness and popularizing this activity more widely.

“I hope that through projects like this, we will contribute to linking technology in the medical field between Japan and Vietnam, and at the same time deepen the cooperative relationship in human resources and mechanisms,” Mr. Ono Masuo expressed.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/suc-khoe/can-canh-du-an-6-nam-vuot-covid-19-giup-phong-chong-nhiem-khuan-benh-vien-20250611120259338.htm