Chapter 356: Departnt of Infection Control
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Ever since Ling Ran had his own ward, he rarely went to other wards.
It was a habit he had cultivated a long ti ago. Once he got used to a place, he would just stay there because doing that felt safest to him. At least, there would be much fewer girls who would suddenly let out shrill screams because of him.
Huo Congjun was only giving recognition to an established fact when he assigned half of the Ergency Departnt’s original ward to Ling Ran. Ling Ran had been using most of the Ergency Departnt’s observation rooms anyway. Huo Congjun only made it official.
As a result, Ling Ran now had a fixed area to perform his ward rounds. The young nurses were the ones who derived the most joy from this, since they just needed to stand guard at the places where Ling Ran would definitely go.
The nurses’ tasks were complicated and difficult, causing them plenty of agitation. Only the sight of Ling Ran could lift their spirits a little.
With that thought in mind, the young nurses executed the policies imposed by Ling Ran with unprecedented dedication, whether those regulations were reasonable or not.
After he implented the policy on hand-washing and the changing of slippers, Ling Ran also insisted on repeated inspection of the dical equipnt. After that, Ling Ran reinforced the policy that those dical equipnt had to be washed until they were sparkly clean.
When the Departnt of Infection Control realized what was going on, the Ling Treatnt Group’s ward was already so strictly regulated that it was as if its internal structure had separated the group from the rest of the hospital.
“The policies are implented pretty strongly.” When the visiting doctors from the Departnt of Infection Control saw that Ling Ran’s ward was full of signages with “wash your hands” written on them, they got pretty emotional.
Compared with other specialized departnts, the tasks of the Departnt of Infection Control was actually pretty simple. Aside from supervising larger projects such as disinfection plans, all they needed to do was remind everyone to wash their hands.
And it was not easy to make doctors and nurses wash their hands all the ti.
Hence, rather than providing dical services, the Departnt of Infection Control was more like an administration managent departnt.
They often had to spend plenty of ntal as well as physical energy to fight against the nurses and doctors. A more appropriate description would be that they needed to fight a battle of wits and courage against those dical staff.
Therefore, when they saw the Ling Treatnt Group’s ward, the cadres of the Departnt of Infection Control actually felt quite emotional.
“It’s really well done.”
“Hey, look, that nurse washed her hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizer before she entered the ward.”
“The patient’s family mber… What the hell? Even the patient’s family mber washed his hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizer before entering the ward!”
It only took a few minutes for the cadres of the Departnt of Infection Control to go from standing by and watching the ward area to screaming in astonishnt.
Those who have worked for a long ti in the Departnt of Infection Control felt more despair than those working in the Oncology Departnt. At least, so of the patients with tumors could be cured and most of them were pretty obedient. It was the exact opposite when it ca to the Departnt of Infection Control. A doctor may never have a chance to experience any sense of achievent even after working in the Departnt of Infection Control his or her entire life. To put it mildly, they were considered pretty good fighters who had no military achievents. To put it in a negative way, the Departnt of Infection Control was a departnt that doctors only turned to when calamities related to nosocomial infection occurred.
Most importantly, no matter how ticulous those in the Departnt of Infection Control were, the mont they let their guard down, all their prior efforts would beco aningless.
It was just like how a room would not stay clean for a prolonged period of ti no matter how ticulous a person swept it.
As they gazed at the dical staff, patients, and patients’ family mbers who seed to have received plenty of education regarding infection control, the cadres of the Departnt of Infection Control grew increasingly joyous.
Ling Ran did not feel anything though. He rely flashed a smile and said, “Everyone has been very cooperative.”
The cadres of the Departnt of Infection Control were imdiately moved to tears.
The Departnt of Infection Control rarely got to hear the word “cooperative”. In contrast, they had encountered dical staff who used all ans and thods to defy their regulations.
“Good morning, Doctor Ling.”
“Doctor Ling, I bought a bottle of wolfberry-flavored alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Why don’t you give it a try?”
“Hello, Doctor Ling.”
A few young nurses passed by and greeted Ling Ran with grins on their faces. One of them handed a bottle of alcohol-based hand sanitizer to Ling Ran while she was at it.
Ling Ran thanked the nurse with a smile and imdiately opened the bottle of alcohol-based hand sanitizer, giving it a try.
It really slled like wolfberries.
As the aroma of the familiar sll traveled into the nostrils of the middle-aged cadres of the Departnt of Infection, they were once again almost moved to tears.
“Doctor Ling, you really do manage your interpersonal relationships well.” Tian Ren was the youngest among the cadres of the Departnt of Infection Control, and he was the first one to regain his senses after being enraptured by the fragrance of wolfberries.
Next to him, Yu Yuan could not help but burst out laughing. “This is the first ti I’ve heard anyone praise Doctor Ling regarding his interpersonal relationships.”
“Since when did you get here?” Tian Ren was extrely shocked.
The four-feet-nine Yu Yuan raised her head and recited the line she had to say every ti, “I’ve been here this entire ti.”
Tian Ren thought about it in suspicion. He did not recall there being such a tiny animal within his field of vision previously.
Yu Yuan chuckled. “With observation skills like that, it’s no wonder infections break out in our hospital every now and then.”
The cadres of the Departnt of Infection imdiately beca furious.
“Since when have there been breakouts of infection?”
“Last month…”
“In June…”
“In March, the Gynaeoncology Departnt…”
As they answered their own questions, their imposing presence instantly dwindled.
Nosocomial infections happened every now and then. It was basically impossible to completely eradicate them.
The most common ones were diseases that could be passed through the air, such as those caused by lung bacteria. It was a considerably chronic problem in large-scale tertiary Grade A hospitals. No matter how high the ranking of a tertiary Grade A hospital was, they would not be able to completely prevent the propagation of such bacteria. As such, an infection rate of below ten percent for pneumonia was considered normal.
Of course, if the Departnt of Infection Control did their job well, the prevalence of nosocomial infections could always be reduced.
Tian Ren looked around and could not help but say, “Doctor Ling, why don’t we work together?”
“How?” Ling Ran asked.
“We can participate in the infection control efforts of your treatnt group—”
“Isn’t that your job to begin with?” Yu Yuan quickly cut him off before she lowered her head to send a text ssage.
Tian Ren furrowed his eyebrows. “That’s true, but Doctor Ling’s criterion regarding infection control are obviously higher compared with ordinary departnts, isn’t it? I think that we can assist the Ergency Departnt in raising its standards when it cos to infection control. We can see it as an experint, and both sides can derive benefits from it.”
Before Ling Ran could even reply, the pharmaceutical sales representative, who had been standing beside them, inched closer towards Ling Ran and said in a hushed tone, “Doctor Ling, because our criterion when it cos to infection control are different, the dical consumables we use are also different.”
The Departnt of Infection Control of Yun Hua Hospital procured dical consumables of a different brand. If the Ergency Departnt were to adopt the Departnt of Infection Control’s standards, the dical consumables they recently procured might not be able to be put to use.
As expected, Ling Ran furrowed his eyebrows when he heard that. He definitely preferred the alcohol-based hand sanitizer he chose himself.
*Squeak, squeak…*
Zuo Cidian walked over in small but swift steps. He held his phone in one hand, and rapidly swung his other hand. He quickly went up to Ling Ran.
“Doctor Ling, give a minute.” Zuo Cidian panted a few tis before he continued, “The Departnt of Infection Control wants to work with us?”
“Yes… You are?”
“Do you guys want to work in Doctor Ling’s treatnt group?” Zuo Cidian did not answer. He threw a question at the cadres of the Departnt of Infection Control.
“Yes… You are?”
“You guys would have to listen to what Doctor Ling says.” Zuo Cidian turned and said, “Doctor Ling, our infection control asures are implented really well, and we don’t need the Departnt of Infection Control to take over. It would also be impossible for us to let them take over. The most appropriate thod of cooperation would be to ask the Departnt of Infection Control to listen to what we say.”
Tian Ren froze for a mont and was imdiately infuriated. “Nosocomial infections fall within the domain of the Departnt of Infection Control to begin with. How is it possible for us to listen to a treatnt group?”
“Hasn’t the Departnt of Infection Control been listening to the treatnt groups all this while?” Zuo Cidian turned and answered coldly.
He had been mingling around in the operating theater every day and had gained considerable knowledge when it ca to the chanics of a tertiary Grade A hospital.
The Departnt of Infection Control was said to prevent nosocomial infections in the entire hospital. However, in truth, what they did was procedural work at most. When it was ti for the policies to be implented, none of the doctors or nurses would listen to them.
In the end, the Departnt of Infection Control had no choice but to assign the tasks to various departnts and let those in charge of the departnts implent those policies in their respective departnts.
Throughout the process, the Departnt of Infection Control had no say over the compliance of those departnt directors and the lengths those departnt directors were willing to go to for the sake of implenting those policies.
In contrast, trying their best to complete their tasks, the Departnt of Infection Controls in so hospitals had to beg other departnts to implent infection control asures on their behalf, or else, no matter how good the asures they ca up with were, it would be pointless if no one implented them.
Aside from a small number of hospitals, the Departnt of Infection Control could be said to be the least influential departnt in most hospitals. They could not even asure up to the dical Laboratory Departnt. At least the dical Laboratory Departnt could be used to house the relatives of hospital leaders who had low academic qualifications.
“Excuse , who are you?” Tian Ren asked again.
Zuo Cidian chuckled. “I am Zuo Cidian from the Ling Treatnt Group. ‘Zuo Ci’ [1] as in the ‘Zuo Ci’ from the Three Kingdoms [2] period, and my ‘dian’ ans canon. It is also the word found in Chinese Pharmacopoeia[3].”
Tian Ren thought for a mont. “It’s also the ‘dian’ that ans mortgage, right?”
Zuo Cidian’s expression darkened. “Do you guys want to work together or not?”
“Yes, yes.” The other cadres of the Departnt of Infection Control quickly smoothed things over.
“I told you so.” Zuo Cidian let out a laugh that sounded like that of an official, and he had a very imposing presence.
Zuo Cidian then turned and asked in a tactful tone, “Doctor Ling, what do you think?”
Ling Ran nodded slowly. “Sure.”
Even with Ling Ran included, the Ling Treatnt Group only had four people and a half, and it was impossible for them to spend their ntal energy in controlling nosocomial infections in the long run. Moreover, aside from hand-washing and disinfection, infection control also included the closed-loop managent of dication, problems related to storage, the logistics when it ca to transportation of items, and other such matters.
Not only were the doctors in the Ling Treatnt Group not willing to do all that, but they were also not capable of doing them even if they were willing to.
Of course, for the Departnt of Infection Control, a treatnt group that was willing and capable of upgrading their infection control asures was very hard to co by.
As for the matter of listening to Ling Ran’s requests, Tian Ren and the others gave up on fighting against it after remaining stubborn for a few minutes.
“All right, it’s decided then.” One by one, the cadres of the Departnt of Infection Control shook their hands with Ling Ran, and they instantly felt extrely relaxed.
Ling Ran nodded and took out the wolfberry-flavored alcohol hand sanitizer while he was at it. He pressed so onto the center of his palm and rubbed it evenly on his hands.
“You were born to carry out infection control asures.” At that mont, Tian Ren was already convinced by Ling Ran’s abilities.
Zuo Cidian let out a few coughs and said, “Can I say sothing…”
Everyone’s body imdiately stiffened out of habit.
“I feel that we should write a docunt, the type that looks like a joint statent…” Zuo Cidian smiled and said, “As the saying goes, ‘verbal words carry no weight.’ Even Zhuge Liang [4] needed to write a morial to the throne [5] before sending his troops to war.”
The creation of the docunt would an that the relationship between the Departnt of Infection Control and the Ling Treatnt Group was penned down in black and white. The cadres of the Departnt of Infection Control glanced at one another and were all unwilling to do so. One of them made an excuse. “We don’t know how to write docunts like these.”
Zuo Cidian laughed out loud and said in a relaxed tone, “I know how to. I’ve been writing docunts for the past twenty years. Just wait for two hours while I draft the docunt. Once I’m done, you guys just need to sign.”
Before everyone else could say anything, Zuo Cidian left swiftly.
Note:
[1] A legendary personage of the late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period of China. (Source: Wikipedia)
[2] The tripartite division of China among the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu. It started with the end of the Han dynasty and was followed by the Jin dynasty. (Source: Wikipedia)
[3] The Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China (PPRC) or the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (ChP), is an official compendium of drugs, covering Traditional Chinese and western dicines, which includes information on the standards of purity, description, test, dosage, precautions, storage, and the strength for each drug. (Source: Wikipedia)
[4] Zhuge Liang was a Chinese politician, military strategist, writer, engineer and inventor. (Source: Wikipedia)
[5] An official communication to the Emperor of China. They were generally careful essays in Classical Chinese and their presentation was a formal affair directed by governnt officials. (Source: Wikipedia)
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