SUMMARIZING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE REGARDING COMBAT WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN 2020-2021
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https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2022.4.13698Keywords:
COVID-19 pandemic, morbidity, anti-epidemic measures, military personnelAbstract
Purpose of the work. Analysis of the incidence and effectiveness of anti-epidemic measures against COVID-19 of the average fund of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during 2020–2021.
Materials and methods. The materials were the reported data of the monitoring group No. 5 of the Command of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (- KMS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine regarding) registration of COVID-19 diseases among the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Applied methods: epidemiological, statistical, comparative analysis.
Results and discussion. The COVID-19 epidemic has created new problems for the medical service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the staff of the SEU, as well as for cooperation with related specialists of the medical service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, implemented a set of measures to prevent the introduction and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – a number of organizational, administrative, methodological measures and reporting and informational documents on the organization of sanitary-hygienic, anti-epidemic and medical-prophylactic measures in the military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For the treatment and prevention of the spread of the infection, all the forces and means of health care facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were used, and high-quality diagnostics were also organized, which included PCR studies, serological studies to determine antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 (immunochromatographic analysis («express» ).-tests») and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Vaccination of personnel was carried out (by the end of September 2021, 98 % of people were vaccinated (first vaccine administration), 88 % of people were revaccinated (second vaccine administration). Algorithms and recommendations, the implementation of medical, diagnostic and preventive measures against COVID-19 contributed clear and coordinated action of medical workers in the conditions of an epidemic.
Conclusions. Timely and effective preventive and treatment-diagnostic measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, carried out by the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during 2020–2021, contributed to the control of the morbidity of servicemen and the avoidance of overloading the medical support system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and as a result of maintaining the combat capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at an appropriate level.
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