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China/Guangdong - Shenzhen Polytechnic school ultraviolet disinfection light to prevent influenza outbreaks accidentally opened - 380 students with ey

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November 1, 2013 Friday

Deep Vocational 380 students eye burns

School students said ultraviolet disinfection plant which was accidentally opened, all current students have been discharged

■ Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reporter Luo Huai text / Chart

October 30 evening, Shenzhen Polytechnic approximately 1000 students to be trained amphitheater and singing activities, some of the students' eyes were classroom ultraviolet light burns, redness, pain, tearing and other symptoms. Officials said a total of 380 students admitted discomfort, but no right, have all been discharged from hospital yesterday morning.

Sleep at night being awake eye pain

Xiaoyuan is Shenzhen Polytechnic Institute of Telecommunications freshman, he said, according to the Telecommunications Institute arrangement, October 30 evening around 6:20, he and his classmates went to the East Campus of the ladder deep Vocational Education hearing about Undergraduate education and training. After the training, his usual rest. Yesterday 2:20 multisection, eye pain he was suddenly awakened. After waking up, he found his eyes and swollen pains, tears kept streaming down. Despite the unusual circumstances eye, but he thought it was night ride into the sand caused by the eyes, there is no thought to other areas, but has endured to sit dawn.

Yesterday morning, after he found not only his, there are many students eyes are swollen. Students said that the reason the eye swelling and pain, because last night in the amphitheater by ultraviolet light burns. Soon, all eyes are sore college students use the bus to the City Eye Hospital for treatment. Xiaoyuan said he was 8:20 or so to the hospital, about 9 o'clock discharged because of his situation is more serious, so in addition to prescription, the doctors also bandaged him for treatment.

Xiaoyuan said the doctor's diagnosis concluded that UV burns, and told him there will be no after-effects, the drug after a day or two can basically restored. Xiaoyuan said after discharge did not feel decreased vision, but a little pain.

380 students hospitalized

For this, deep Vocational sent reporters in the "note," said the October 30 evening 6:30 to 8:00, following the Telecommunications Institute College of nearly 800 students, in three tranches times to the East Campus of the ladder participate in classroom education and training; night 8:20 9:00 assigned to the College following Automotive Institute has nearly 200 students to the amphitheater at the "Top Ten singer" selection activities, as of yesterday 9:30, which approximately 1,000 students A total of 380 students sent to hospital for treatment or observation.

"Note" in the introduction, the school attaches great importance to this incident, the first time to activate the Emergency disposal procedures, and the organization of counselors, teachers and the school doctor, and actively do to appease the students sent to hospital for treatment, care and post-observation remind work. According to the Eye Hospital doctors, students attending primarily to send itching eyes, tears, had no right, pay attention to rest.

Student accidentally open due disinfection unit

Yesterday afternoon, the reporter to the deep Vocational East Campus conduct field interviews. Someone's amphitheater classroom building located on the fourth floor. Reporters saw that the amphitheater can seat about 300 people to install a variety of lamps. One student told reporters that burns the eyes of students is above the kind of fluorescent lamps, but the lamp is transparent. Reporters counted, the total of such lamps 38 classrooms. Students suspect may be in the classroom before the students, someone had opened the classroom for disinfection ultraviolet light disinfection and forget lights due.

In this regard, deep Vocational's "note," said the cause of the accident "student accidentally opened ultraviolet disinfection device switch" due. Said the officer school, college classrooms East Campus 3 loaded in UV disinfection device is a 2009 outbreak of a stream, according to the notification requirements higher installed after a similar incident did not happen.

Yesterday afternoon, the reporter interviewed on the matter of the City Eye Hospital, but the hospital did not hurt the students' clinic will be described. The hospital staff said last night about this morning will be devoted to the situation briefing held on the matter.
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By ultraviolet light burns how to do?

According to experts, the human eye and the skin is exposed to ultraviolet light more than 3 minutes, it is possible to exceed the limits of human security. Direct exposure to 15 minutes, the cause cornea damage caused by electric ophthalmia, the eye produces severe pain, foreign body sensation, photophobia, tearing, or other symptoms of blepharospasm. Long-term exposure can damage the eyes and skin, causing severe skin burns and eye trauma.

By ultraviolet light burns the eyes, if the situation is not serious, you can take your eyes cold wet, drip chloramphenicol antibiotic eye drops and other measures, the symptoms will gradually disappear; If the situation is serious, it is necessary to take these measures in a timely manner on the basis of doctor.
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November 2, 2013 Saturday

"Deep Vocational 380 students were burns" follow-up report

Most of the students resume classes

Deng Qun

[Shenzhen Economic Daily News】 (Reporter Deng Qun) Reporters learned yesterday, deep Vocational Nearly 400 students by ultraviolet light irradiation, in addition to three students still rest yesterday, the other students have all classes.

Deep Vocational Party Committee Propaganda Department official told reporters that the school is very grateful to include "Shenzhen Economic Daily", including various types of media, the community's concern for school students were injured.

According to reports, yesterday 9:00, the school called Telecommunications Institute, College of Automotive Engineering and related offices responsible person meeting, to understand all aspects of the situation. As of yesterday morning, someone's student in good condition, basically in the classroom, only the two girls Telecommunications Institute, a boys dormitory was still resting. After the meeting, school leaders to dormitory to visit this three students, wearing sunglasses to rest, so as not to light stimulation.

Yesterday was the weekend, the school gave each student a warm prompt payment and tell them how well the weekend recuperating health care. I hope once again to the hospital for the students, the school will also give their full assistance. Currently, two college students have not received the registration of hope review.

Reporters learned that, in 2009 in order to prevent outbreaks of influenza in the city Board of Education, the city health department's request, deep Vocational set at two hundred classrooms ultraviolet light disinfection. After the incident, the school has organized yesterday afternoon Logistics Department personnel all installed UV disinfection equipment for classrooms, training rooms, a restaurant in the investigation, cutting off the power supply. As to whether the removal of equipment, the school will work with the city education department, health department communication research.

For the students how to ultraviolet light inadvertently opened, the school is further investigation.

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