Audit Committee “Confirmation of possible damage to disinfectant humidifiers in public institutions, nurseries, nursing homes, etc.”



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Regarding the history of use of the corporate card
4668 Humidifier Disinfectant Purchase History Confirmation


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At a press conference to announce the results of the investigation of the outcome of the investigation of ‘OxyRB and Kim & Jang’s suspicion of reducing and concealing the humidifier disinfectant disaster’ held in the meeting room of the Special Committee on Investigation on Disasters Social in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 9th, Kim Yoo-jeong, head of humidifier disinfectant research 1 (right), answers question 1 (right). [이미지출처=연합뉴스]
[아시아경제 정동훈 기자] Despite the widespread use of disinfectant humidifiers in nurseries, nursing homes and public institutions, it was argued that the damages were not adequately investigated.

On the 10th, the Special Commission for the Investigation of Social Disasters (Secretary Commission) confirmed the sales of disinfectant humidifiers in hypermarkets from 2010 to 2011 through ex officio investigation, and through eight card companies, nurseries, nursing homes, public institutions, military units and private companies. It was confirmed that a total of 4668 sanitizing humidifiers were purchased more than 3419 times.

The official said: “We have confirmed the ‘possibility of damage outside the house’, that I was in the blind spot of understanding the magnitude of the disinfectant humidifier disaster.” The purchase history of 232 disinfectant humidifiers from 8 public institutions including Seoul Metro, Urban Railroad Corporation and the Ministry of National Defense from 2002 to 2011 through the ‘Public Institutions Electronic Procurement System’ (3 locations including the Public Procurement Service, Nara Marketplace). Confirmed.

The committee notified the use of disinfectant humidifier to 1232 of the investigated corporations, institutions and organizations that had contact information, and 98 of them reported the possibility of harm by text message or email to 6011 people estimated to be exposed. Through this process, the Sachaum Committee suspected that he died of acute heart failure in a health care center, a case of acute pneumonia among patients admitted to a nursing home for a stroke, and that he used a disinfectant humidifier during night work, and later he was diagnosed with reduced respiratory function. Confirmed cases, etc.

Through this investigation, the Sachaum Committee revealed that it has confirmed the limitations of finding victims of existing humidifying disinfectants in the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Seoul. Currently, the Ministry of National Defense established a military humidifier disinfectant damage reporting center last year to guide the report of humidifier disinfectant damage. Last year, the Defense Ministry conducted a full investigation into the damage of humidifying disinfectants in military units, and found that 31 units were used, but this survey confirmed that an additional 43 units had purchased humidifying disinfectants.

It was also confirmed that a general hospital also purchased a disinfectant humidifier. According to the ‘Status of purchases of disinfectant humidifiers in medical institutions with general and higher hospital level’ presented by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in August 2016 to the office of the National Assembly (Hoon Lee Clinic), it was confirmed that 1232 were used humidifiers in eight general hospitals from 2006 to 2016. done. However, as a result of this survey, it was confirmed that the humidifying disinfectant was purchased from nine general hospitals in addition to the eight hospitals.

Choi Ye-yong, chairman of the Disinfectant Humidifier Case Truth Investigation Subcommittee, said: “This is the first case where the Chief of Staff investigated the purchase of a large-scale disinfectant humidifier by directly investigating a commercial company and of cards on a large scale instead of a survey, and confirming the purchase and use of a disinfectant humidifier outside the home. ” “The government should use the medical records of the health insurance service and the purchase history of the credit card companies to verify not only the possibility of exposure to humidifying disinfectants outside the home, but also the types of diseases damaged. Emphasized.

Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon [email protected]

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