Clinicas Santara rejoices: general herd immunity has been achieved after vaccinating staff

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were many safety challenges, which we devoted a lot of time, energy, and resources to address, because patient safety is one of our institution’s top priorities. Therefore, a group of The work of competent specialists summoned at the institution has developed a procedure to evaluate staff and patients, the use of protective measures, in order to introduce more security measures in the hospital than those required at the state level ”, says Aušra Bilotienė Motiejūnienė, Managing Director of Santara Clinics.

According to the director’s direction, even vaccinated staff who work with the most vulnerable patient groups will continue to be tested regularly, that is, at least once a week, in the Santara clinics: after transplants in the care unit intensive care, hematology, oncology and transfusion. oncohematology centers. A weekly PCR test will also be performed for patients treated in these units.

In order to know the immunological status of all employees of the institution, it is planned to evaluate it every three months, that is, with this frequency, antibody tests will be carried out on employees and their results will be evaluated.

All patients admitted to the hospital for coronavirus infection will continue to be periodically examined and evaluated during hospital treatment.

The proper use of protective equipment in the hospital has not been canceled and is still important.

According to the Director of the VUL Santara Clinics Medical Association. Dr. According to Valdas Pečeliūnas, research shows that even after vaccination, there is still a low probability of getting sick or carrying and transmitting the coronavirus. So far, most patients are not vaccinated, so this can cause problems for unvaccinated people. In addition, the Santara clinics treat patients who cannot benefit from vaccination because they have a particularly weak immune system, such as blood cancer patients after transplantation. Such patients must have an environment that is subject to the highest safety standards to protect them from COVID-19 risk and increased risk of death.

The new procedure will keep the hospital in a safe place not only for outpatients on a daily basis, but also for patients with serious illnesses who cannot be vaccinated at this time due to their medical condition.