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60 percent of covid-19 deaths in Norway have occurred in nursing homes.
– The biggest problem is access to contamination equipment. Nursing home patients today are in very poor health, with many compound disorders. We have had cases where employees have infected patients, county manager Gjertrud Krokaa of the Nursing Association in Nordland tells NRK.
It is the Aftenposten that has carried out the national survey of the Norwegian Nursing Association.
A total of 3,800 nurses have responded.
According to the survey, 78 percent of nurses have been afraid to pass the coronary infection on to residents.
Every fifth nurse claims to be afraid of this every day.
– During the crown period, we have received comments from nurses who say they are not safe at work because they lack infection control equipment, says Lill Sverresdatter Larsen, leader of the Nursing Association.
Home team
The county leader in Nordland says the focus has not focused on infection protection equipment in nursing homes and home service in municipalities such as hospitals.
– Although people are old and sick, they should not be given priority for that reason. They should have professionally strong services, says Gjertrud Krokaa.
Among other things, the lack of contamination equipment has caused nursing homes to place restrictions on how often employees have been able to use the equipment.
– It was not the case that only the equipment can be recovered. We know of nursing homes where employees have had to use homemade mouth rinses. Infection protection equipment is not approved. Others say they must use the same equipment multiple times.
Test equipment missing
So far, 122 of the 219 coronary deaths in Norway have occurred in nursing homes. The average age is 82 years.
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Krokaa is also asking for better access to the test equipment.
– There hasn’t been enough access to this either.
Health Director Bjørn Guldvog agreed with the municipalities that it was a long time before patients in nursing homes were screened for coronary infection.
In nursing homes, infection prevention work is an additional challenge.
– Many patients are dementia. It’s not easy to keep them isolated and make sure they stay away. Others are so seriously ill that one should focus as much as in hospitals.
According to Krokaa, a large amount of unskilled labor in nursing homes can also be challenging.
Gradual opening
The Institute of Public Health (FHI) believes that there is now so little coronary infection in the community that grandparents can visit their grandchildren again, if they maintain good infection control.
– You have to be careful. If people relax too much the right way, we risk another wave of infection. We need to pay special attention to patients in nursing homes and home services in the future.
Health Minister Bent Høie (H) tells Aftenposten that he understands that nurses may be afraid of transmitting infections, but that it is not necessarily correct to use contamination kits just for anxiety.
It also notes that municipalities can request more equipment if there is an acute shortage.
