Ensuring the epidemiological safety of a medical organization during the period of an increase in the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections

Every year, acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) hold leading positions in terms of morbidity and economic damage both in the world and in the Russian Federation. A medical organization requires the use of not individual preventive measures, but an integrated approach. Objective: to optimize a set of measures aimed at ensuring epidemiological safety during the period of increased incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections. To achieve this goal, a set of measures was adapted for use in medical organizations based on current regulatory documents on the prevention of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections. The work was carried out at the inpatient department of a large multidisciplinary medical center for the period 2020–2024. The developed set of measures included three areas: organizational, preventive and anti-epidemic. Organizational measures were carried out both during the period of no increase in the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections and during the period of increased incidence. Preventive measures carried out in the hospital are aimed at minimizing the possibility of introducing the infectious agent from outside, eliminating infection directly in the hospital and preventing the removal of the pathogen outside the hospital. The use of the developed set of measures led to a decrease in the number of introductions of ARVI and flu pathogens into the hospital of a medical organization, and the absence of group morbidity.