Five months have passed since the state of emergency was lifted.Although the convergence of the new coronavirus infection is unpredictable, the trend of the fall semester of the university is drawing attention as elementary, junior high and high schools are almost completely reopened.Among them, some universities have begun to implement PCR tests on campus in order to realize a safe and secure campus.During the spread of infection this spring, the implementation at the university mentioned in the discussion on whether to suppress or spread the PCR test.Efforts to overcome the situation by incorporating it with a unique concept attract attention from an educational point of view.
Double the capacity of the new coronavirus infectious disease testing center in preparation for fall and winter.Aiming to contribute to community medicine
Nagasaki International University
In June, Nagasaki International University (Huis Ten Bosch Machi, Sasebo City. Human society, health) established the first testing center (“NIU Disease Testing Center”) to diagnose the presence or absence of new coronavirus infection for the first time as a university without a medical school or hospital. 6 faculties of management and pharmacy). From November, the testing capacity will be doubled with a view to the re-expansion of infection in the fall and winter and the influenza pandemic.
In order to contribute to the safety and security of students, faculty and staff, neighboring residents, and regional medical care in Nagasaki Prefecture, the university lent two inspection equipment free of charge from the prefecture, and was registered by the Sanitary Inspection Center in July. The operation started on the 2st. "It is important to detect, isolate and treat infected people at an early stage, and I wanted to solve the situation where people suspected of being infected could not be tested immediately," said Yukio Ando, a doctor.In fact, among students of all departments, it is more reassuring to have a test before the training and prove that they are not infected before starting the training, and it is well received by the trainees. It seems.
The test method is the LAMP method, which allows you to know the results in a short time and keep costs down, and uses saliva.Eight people, including Professor Hiroyuki Kuma (clinical laboratory) of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, are available 8 days a week except Saturdays and Sundays, and the testing capacity is set to 5 cycles a day for a maximum of 1 cases. A total of 5 people were inspected in the three months until the end of September.Of these, 100% were students, 9% were students from junior colleges of the same corporation, 3% were faculty members, and the remaining 618% were general examinees.
In August, the university also opened the "Rikyuan Clinic".Four faculty members with a doctor's license, including the president, started medical treatment after the lecture.And from November, we will receive a loan of two more units from the prefecture and prepare a system that can inspect 8 people a day, with a view to responding to some residents of northern Nagasaki prefecture centered on Sasebo and some residents of Saga prefecture. I put it in.
Nagasaki International University was established in 2000 by a public-private cooperation system between the school corporation Kyushu Bunka Gakuen and Nagasaki Prefecture and Sasebo City (Chairman Naoki Abe). With "respect for human beings as the basic principle, education and research that contributes to the search and realization of better human relationships and hospitality, and the construction of a society that values culture and health," the founding philosophy is to make tea ceremony a compulsory subject. Known as a unique university.
A new challenge to create a safe and secure campus begins
Kyoto Sangyo University
The Kyoto Sangyo University PCR Testing Center has been in operation since today in collaboration with industry, government and academia.This is the first attempt by a comprehensive university that does not have a medical or pharmaceutical school.
On September 9, we signed an "Agreement on Comprehensive Cooperation and Cooperation" with Shimadzu Corporation (Headquarters: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto), a major manufacturer of analytical equipment and medical equipment, and used the new coronavirus detection reagent kit developed by the company. , Perform a saliva test.The target is students and faculty members who have no symptoms.In collaboration with Kyoto Prefecture and the city, we aim to provide information to other universities and contribute to the prevention of the spread of infection in the student town of Kyoto.
In terms of education and research, we will collaborate with the Faculty of Life Science, which conducts basic science such as PCR, and the Infectious Disease Molecular Research Center to help develop human resources in science, and in collaboration with Shimadzu Corporation, we will conduct new research aimed at preventing infection. We also aim to develop.We will also try to build a new type of industry-government-academia collaboration in the Corona disaster.
It was installed on the 2013th floor of the Yuhikan, which was newly built in 4 with the Learning Commons.As an affiliated organization of the clinic, the existing facility was renovated.Facility safety standards are set at biosafety level 2+ (BSL-2 +). It is scheduled to operate by 2025, but it also aims to be registered as a sanitary inspection laboratory.The burden on students is limited to 900 yen.
The floor area is approximately 88 m2 and is divided into four sections: "sample collection room" (simple protective measures), "sample handling room" (BSL-150 +), "reagent preparation room", and "PCR measurement room" (Fig.).There are four full-time staff, including a testing engineer, who work five days a week, collect samples in the morning, and perform tests in the afternoon, with a maximum of 40 testing per day.However, for the time being, we will limit it to 1900 people within a reasonable range.The purpose is to dispel the anxiety about the risk of infection by asymptomatic infected people as much as possible. Priority is given to about XNUMX students and others.In addition, we will proactively disclose information to all students, raise awareness of infection by recommending the installation of the new coronavirus contact confirmation app COCOA, and encourage further changes in behavior.
Students who wish to make a reservation, download the application documents from the on-campus WEB bulletin board, print them, fill in the necessary items, and come to the room.Immediately after entering the room, the temperature is measured and the fingers are disinfected.With the prepared 50 ml tube, one person enters each of the three negative pressure booths, collects saliva by himself, puts it in the storage rack in the small window, closes the door, and exits.The negative pressure booth is also equipped with germicidal lamps and takes all possible safety measures.At the back of the booth, staff members wait to collect the samples indirectly from the small window and put them in the pass box to be sent to the sample handling room.In the sample handling room, after centrifuging the sample, mix the pretreatment reagent, heat at 90 ° C for 7 minutes, and send it to the reagent preparation room via the pass box.The sample that has been pretreated in this way is placed in a reagent for detection in the reagent preparation room and placed in a PCR tester for measurement.The flow during this period is about 1,5 hours.If the test is negative, contact us by email.If a positive result is suspected, careful measures such as retesting are planned.The doctor will make a positive / negative judgment and contact the health center in the unlikely event that a positive judgment is made.
At the opening ceremony held on the 19th, a priesthood was invited from the nearby Kamigamo Shrine to hold a set of Shinto rituals, and then an unveiling ceremony was held.Takatoshi Nishiwaki, the governor of Kyoto Prefecture, who rushed as a guest, sent an ale hoping that this initiative would become a model case nationwide and spread to universities and other prefectures in the prefecture.
Mr. Teruhisa Ueda, President of Shimadzu Corporation, said that it would be the first collaboration with a university that does not have a medical school or a pharmacy department, and that the infection is spreading overseas, and he stated his enthusiasm and efforts to disseminate it to the world. ..Finally, he concludes with the slogan of Kyoto Sangyo University, "Musume, Umidasu."
New President Mitsuru Kurosaka explains the PCR test himself at the preview held at the end of the opening ceremony.Specializes in biochemistry.He also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences.Regarding the new coronavirus, he said, "Know the other person and be afraid correctly."
