Exclusive after the 16 people confirmed Changzhou company and 24 suspected cases

Located in wujin district, Changzhou, Jiangsu listed companies--AAC technology (Changzhou) Corporation revealed employees infected with tuberculosis.

November 21 at noon, Xinhua reported that as of November 20, were found after a hospital examination the company confirmed 14 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous Pleurisy patients in 1, and have been reported in the national report system of infectious diseases.

Surging News (www.thepaper.CN) reporter recently found on the ground, AAC technology company actually suffered from tuberculosis case number or have a new change, more than the above statistics "confirmed 14 people."

"The confirmed number is a dynamic process, and some may be suspected, and has not been confirmed." On November 24, in the face of change, Deputy Secretary for health meter Gu Dongwu town, wujin district, Changzhou City responded.

25th, an interview with journalists from the guardian, wujin district plan was informed that the surging, AAC technology company has 40 employees in hospitals--the third people's Hospital of Changzhou City, including 14 cases of tuberculosis diagnosed patients, 2 patients with tuberculous Pleurisy, a further 24 suspected cases being treated, "does not exclude the possibility of follow-up to diagnose."

Officials also said that AAC technology companies workshop environment is relatively confined, insufficient fresh air circulation, resulting in workplace air and ventilation piping of central air conditioning, "there may be a high concentration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis".

In writing to the surging news briefing, officials confirmed that AAC company workers are engaged in labour-intensive work, "strength".

Number of officially confirmed cases of dubious

From the beginning of November, AAC technology companies are claiming to be the employee's friends in the Forum, paste it, Facebook posts, said recently in the AAC's precision workshop, has found more than more than 10 TB.

Changzhou wujin district health accounting department said the morning of November 3, wujin district AAC acoustic technologies Holdings Limited reported to the Centers for disease control, reflect their suspected tuberculosis patients found during examination. Wujin district health accounting department highly AAC companies immediately wujin district Center for disease control to carry out investigation to verify and to fully implement prevention and control measures.

Changzhou wujin District Health Accounting Department told Xinhua that November 21, as of November 20, AAC Technology Corporation has 17,450 staff undertook a comprehensive examination of the enterprise, on examination of suspicious persons to hospitals for further investigation and treatment. "Confirmed by hospital examination found 14 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous Pleurisy patients 1, have been reported in the national report system of infectious diseases".

On the 11th of the third people's Hospital of Changzhou City hospital building, journalists noted the surging, many TB patients were placed in the aisle. A hospitalized AAC staff told surging news, in the same building with him treating the AAC staff of about 30 people.

Subsequently, the surging journalists to ask the ward one by one or in other ways, according to incomplete statistics, only the third people's Hospital in Changzhou, 11th floor of 27 wards, 28 wards, there are 28 inpatient claims to be AAC staff.

AAC technology company in Changzhou City, is the third hospital staff, they gradually between November 2 and 13th to the inpatient treatment. Distribution of their work on AAC precision factory building on different floors and type workshop.

Then the number change? Wujin District Health Bureau Deputy Director Gu Dongwu account on 24th surging on the news saying, "confirmed to the number you want to look at the statistics as of the time, some suspected has not been confirmed. "

Gu Dongwu surging on news that as of 23rd, hospitals have confirmed 14 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis patients, and 2 patients with tuberculous Pleurisy. Surging news notes that the statistical data in this report compared to November 21, 1 more patients with tuberculous Pleurisy.

Official: another "24 patients with suspected" hospitalization

The morning of November 25, surging an interview with journalists from the guardian, wujin district plan confirmed that after a medical examination, a total of 40 AAC staff have worked in hospitals--the third people's Hospital of Changzhou City. And two days earlier field survey of journalists about the surging.

According to the official, 40 hospitalized included: confirmed 14 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis patients, 2 patients with tuberculous Pleurisy, a further 24 suspected cases are still being treated, "does not exclude the possibility of follow-up to diagnose."

Official said, there are currently 5 patients discharged from hospital, including a voluntary return to the home treatment of foreign patients.

"Are you suffering from tuberculosis and cannot be diagnosed by virtue only of chest radiography, is mainly based on the clinician's experience may have suspected the patient after diagnosis, digital is also changing. "Wujin District Health Bureau Deputy Director Gu Dongwu surging on news that account.

Gu Dongwu also said, Swiss sound technology company is a labor intensive enterprise, labor volume is big, and Changzhou is human resources serious lack of area, so, Swiss sound technology company recruitment employees main to Yu Midwest area, and these area of personnel BCG vaccination rate than lower, so, also not excluded zhihou they still has onset may, "but once has cough, and cough blood, symptoms, certainly to timely arrangements treatment".

Could be a "there is no clear source of" pandemic

Analysis of the tuberculosis outbreak may cause, Changzhou wujin district health plan cited 4 reasons.

One first is that AAC's "relatively closed shop environment, lack of fresh air, resulting in workplace air and central air conditioning ventilation pipes there may be a high concentration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis".

Three reasons are: staff group on tuberculosis immunity barrier low level of susceptibility to high;

Does not exclude new hires some TB patients or suspected patients;

Staff strength, might give some workers a sense of fatigue, affect the body's resistance.

Officials also reported that AAC technology company's discovery of the tuberculosis epidemic is the on-the-job vocational examination for workers of the company and found, rather than patient visits due to illness found, nor on the basis of epidemiological screening found, and due to the 16 patients with TB workshop distribution and dormitory distribution are more dispersed, so AAC tuberculosis epidemic of the company "may be with no clear source of infection for epidemic."

However, the outbreak of "on-the-job vocational examination for workers of the company and found" this statement, employees held a different view. A man claiming to be working for the company for 7 years, and work experience in a number of workshops have been surging employee told the press: "I was for so many years now, and have never heard of this company before and ' on-the-job vocational examination. We are only at the time of entry examination. " Shandong Australian Ranch hundreds of dead cattle

An AAC General worker said his physical examination did not have any symptoms before October, "heard someone (tuberculosis disease), but not in our floors. Unified after a medical examination when he says ' problem ', come to the hospital the next day after further checks, began in hospital. "

A hospital employee told the earlier surge news, the first cases were found in 6-6 workshop (that is, the area of a 6-storey building 5th floor for short), so "We also began the building of full physical examination, concentrated at the end of October."

On November 25, the journalists surging AAC companies linked to former Department Director Liang Yue of the epidemic first appeared in the 6-6 shop, a news, Liang Yue has confirmed. Liang Yue said, in late October when the annual medical examinations of employees in the company identified in 2 patients with tuberculosis, "after speeding up the examination process", and at the beginning of November the plant employs a total of about 17,000 medical, the medical staff there to arrange hospital treatment.

Deputy Secretary for health meter Gu Dongwu town, wujin district, spoke to news that surging, AAC technology company first tuberculosis cases were detected in around October 24, and the accounting department is in early November "master the situation."

It is understood that tuberculosis is the most common chronic infectious diseases, tuberculosis is a statutory b class infectious diseases in China. Changzhou third hospital, a tuberculosis nurse said, generally after regular treatment being able to hold on for about half a year after drug treatment, which can be cured.

Public information, AAC acoustic technologies was founded in 1993, similar to Foxconn's factories such as in 2005, listed in Hong Kong (stock code: 02018. HK)。