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Validation of method for chemical treatment of pig carcasses for the control of livestock infectious diseases (가축 전염병 관리를 위한 돼지 사체의 화학적 처리 방법)

  • Oh, Yeonsu;Yoon, Suk Hoon;Tark, Dong-Seob;Cho, Ho-Seong
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.283-290
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    • 2021
  • This is a study on the improvement of the chemical treatment method of the livestock carcass treatment newly introduced in the livestock infectious disease prevention method in order to improve the problems of the existing burial-centered carcass treatment method when a livestock infectious disease occurs. It was conducted to establish detailed treatment standards for the chemical treatment method of pig carcasses based on the results of proof of the absence of infectious diseases in pigs. After inoculating pig carcasses with 10 pathogens (6 viruses [FMDV, ASFV, CSFV, PCV2, PRRSV, PEDV] and 4 bacteria [Lawsonia intracellularis, Clostridium perfringens type C, E. coli, Salmonella Typhimurium]) It was treated at 90℃ for 5 hours in a potassium hydroxide (KOH) liquid solution corresponding to 15% of the body weight. This method liquefies all cadaveric components and inactivates all inoculated pathogens. Based on these results, it was possible to prove that chemical treatment of pig carcasses is effective in killing pathogens and is a safe method without the risk of disease transmission. Although there are problems to be solved in the processing and operation of the chemical treatment products of livestock carcasses, the chemical treatment method of livestock carcasses can be suggested as an alternative to the current domestic burial-centered livestock carcass treatment method, preventing environmental pollution, and contributing to public health.

A Field Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Community after Typhoon Rusa (일개 지역사회 재해 주민의 외상 후 스트레스 장애 정도와 관련요인 분석)

  • 이인숙;하양숙;김기정;김정희;권용희;박진경;이나윤
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.829-838
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    • 2003
  • Purpose: In South Korea, as growing the need of psychological support in disaster situation psychological assessment on stress after disaster is important to find out the factors affecting coping, and to plan intervention in the community. Method: The volunteers of Korea Redcross who live around K city, and the research team visited all homes at Jirye town, one of the high-impact area, 4 month after the typhoon. One of the family members who is over 18 years old, answered the self-report questionnaire composed of disaster experience, damage, exposure to traumatic event, and posttraumatic stress with IES-K (Impact of Event Scale-korea) He also, described his family members symptom related to re-experiencing, hyper-arousal, and avoidance. Six hundreds households were surveyed. Result: The prevalence of moderate to severe PTSD symptom was 36% of the subjects. The severity of PTSD was affected by gender, economic status and affected by damaged property, physical injury, worsening existing disease, getting infectious disease, amount of experienced traumatic event before disaster, warning, taking shelter, and subjects revealed differences in somatization as severity of PTSD. According to the description, community members had re-experiencing, hyper-arousal and avoidance. Conclusion: At a rural area, South Korea, community members have suffered from psychological distress after disaster. So psychological interventions are required as affecting factors and also to plan for warning and shelter in disaster situation is needed for preventing PTSD.

A brief review of national management system in public health and medical aspect (보건의료관점에서 본 국가재난안전관리 체계 및 대책)

  • Kim, Jee-Hee;Lee, Si-Young
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02a
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    • pp.375-376
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    • 2008
  • Recently the increase of natural disaster and man-made disaster, newly emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism attack changed the world in many aspects. So the Ministry of Health and Welfare and other related agencies are trying to solve the problems with disasters. We discussed these problems in the following eleven categories. (1) emergency medicine (2) communicable disease control, (3) food safety control, (4) public facilities safety, (5) social welfare facilities safety, (6) bioterrorism control, (7) geriatric health care, (8) insurance support, (9) overseas disaster victim support, (10) national organization protection, (11) fire fighter safety in forest fire. Through the reviews on the various kinds of disaster, we proposed the disaster control measure for the near future.

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Operation Plan of safety education in Response to infectious Disease (Focused on Online studio of Yongin Safety Experience Center) (감염병 시대에서의 효과적인 안전교육 운영방안 (용인시민안전체험관 내 온라인스튜디오를 중심으로))

  • Ha-Yeong Yun;Dongil Shin;Tae-Hwan Kim
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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    • 2022.10a
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    • pp.285-287
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    • 2022
  • 용인시민안전체험관은 코로나19로 인한 대면교육 중단과 이에 따른 안전교육 공백을 최소화 하고자 다양한 비대면 소방안전교육을 진행해왔다. 신종 감염병이 나날이 늘어가는 현대사회에서 각종재난 발생 위험에 따른 대처능력 향상을 위한 수요가 증가됨에 따라 안전교육 역시 알맞은 방안을 구상하여 효과적인 학습기회를 제공할 수 있도록 지속적인 연구가 필요하다.

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A Study on the Possibilities and Limitations of ICT- based Non-face-to-face Disaster Psychological Support (ICT 기반 비대면 재난심리지원의 가능성과 한계에 대한 고찰)

  • Lee, Jung-hwa;Kim, Hee-cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2021.10a
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    • pp.266-267
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    • 2021
  • Recently, the COVID-19 Pandemic is not an infectious disease-level disaster, but a complex disaster, making it difficult to respond with traditional disaster response management methods. As a result, experiencing psychological stress and trauma such as COVID-19 has emerged as a new social problem. In preemptively predicting and effectively responding to these psychological disasters and crises, the necessity and direction of non-face-to-face disaster psychological support using ICT technology in traditional services are discussed.

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The Psychological Impacts of Chemical, Biological and Radiological Disasters (화학, 생물, 방사능 사고의 정신적 영향)

  • Lee, Da Young;Sim, Minyoung
    • Anxiety and mood
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2017
  • We reviewed the scientific literature on psychological effects of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive (CBRNE) disaster, which is one of the biggest threat to modern society. CBRNE disaster has the potential to cause specific physical symptoms and psychological distress in victims ; moreover, various toxic symptoms and carcinogenesis/mutation would be an important issue. Bioterrorism can cause localized outbreaks of infectious disease or pandemic disaster. Somatization as well as posttraumatic stress symptoms and depression are the characteristic psychological symptoms in CBRNE disaster's victims. CBRNE disasters could lead to large-scale public fear and social chaos due to the difficulties involved in verifying the extent of exposure and unfamiliar area to the common people. In the evacuation process, problems associated with adjustment and conflict between victims and residents should be considered.

Development of an Integrated Quarantine System Using Thermographic Cameras (열화상 카메라를 이용한 통합 방역 시스템 개발)

  • Jung, Bum-Jin;Lee, Jung-Im;Seo, Gwang-Deok;Jeong, Kyung-Ok
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2022
  • The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are high fever, cough, headache, and fever. These symptoms may vary from person to person, but checking for "fever" is the government's most basic measure. To confirm this, many facilities use thermographic cameras. Since the previously developed thermographic camera measures body temperature one by one, it takes a lot of time to measure body temperature in places where many people enter and exit, such as multi-use facilities. In order to prevent malfunctions and errors and to prevent sensitive personal information collection, this research team attempted to develop a facial recognition thermographic camera. The purpose of this study is to compensate for the shortcomings of existing thermographic cameras with disaster safety IoT integrated solution products and to provide quarantine systems using advanced facial recognition technologies. In addition, the captured image information should be protected as personal sensitive information, and a recent leak to China occurred. In order to prevent another case of personal information leakage, it is urgent to develop a thermographic camera that reflects this part. The thermal imaging camera system based on facial recognition technology developed in this study received two patents and one application as of January 2022. In the COVID-19 infectious disease disaster, 'quarantine' is an essential element that must be done at the preventive stage. Therefore, we hope that this development will be useful in the quarantine management field.

A Study on the Construction of Moving Route Information Sharing System of COVID-19 Confirmed Cases

  • Kim, Byungkyu;You, Beom-Jong;Shim, Hyoung-Seop
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.25 no.12
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    • pp.155-163
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    • 2020
  • This study developed a system that can collect, manage, and utilize the travel routes of individuals who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on the data standardization and quality management principles and presented the analysis data collected from the existing system. Unlike many other countries in the world, Korea demonstrated a rapid response by conducting epidemiological investigations. Further, the local governments have actively shared the travel routes of individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 to facilitate proactive prevention of the infectious disease per the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Law. However, currently, there is no standard protocol for the local governments to share the information, thus complicating the process of sharing, managing, and utilizing the collected data. Therefore, this study developed a system that can facilitate sharing of the travel routes of individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 by establishing database construction procedures and using the travel route of COVID-19 patients as per the Disaster & Safety Information Sharing Platform and developing a data processing guideline, a data entry system with default templates, and Open API. Although this sharing system was designed to communicate the travel routes of COVID-19 patients, it can also be utilized in case of other infectious diseases. Therefore, it can be used as a response strategy for future outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Legal Issues on the Collection and Utilization of Infectious Disease Data in the Infectious Disease Crisis (감염병 위기 상황에서 감염병 데이터의 수집 및 활용에 관한 법적 쟁점 -미국 감염병 데이터 수집 및 활용 절차를 참조 사례로 하여-)

  • Kim, Jae Sun
    • The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.29-74
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    • 2022
  • As social disasters occur under the Disaster Management Act, which can damage the people's "life, body, and property" due to the rapid spread and spread of unexpected COVID-19 infectious diseases in 2020, information collected through inspection and reporting of infectious disease pathogens (Article 11), epidemiological investigation (Article 18), epidemiological investigation for vaccination (Article 29), artificial technology, and prevention policy Decision), (3) It was used as an important basis for decision-making in the context of an infectious disease crisis, such as promoting vaccination and understanding the current status of damage. In addition, medical policy decisions using infectious disease data contribute to quarantine policy decisions, information provision, drug development, and research technology development, and interest in the legal scope and limitations of using infectious disease data has increased worldwide. The use of infectious disease data can be classified for the purpose of spreading and blocking infectious diseases, prevention, management, and treatment of infectious diseases, and the use of information will be more widely made in the context of an infectious disease crisis. In particular, as the serious stage of the Disaster Management Act continues, the processing of personal identification information and sensitive information becomes an important issue. Information on "medical records, vaccination drugs, vaccination, underlying diseases, health rankings, long-term care recognition grades, pregnancy, etc." needs to be interpreted. In the case of "prevention, management, and treatment of infectious diseases", it is difficult to clearly define the concept of medical practicesThe types of actions are judged based on "legislative purposes, academic principles, expertise, and social norms," but the balance of legal interests should be based on the need for data use in quarantine policies and urgent judgment in public health crises. Specifically, the speed and degree of transmission of infectious diseases in a crisis, whether the purpose can be achieved without processing sensitive information, whether it unfairly violates the interests of third parties or information subjects, and the effectiveness of introducing quarantine policies through processing sensitive information can be used as major evaluation factors. On the other hand, the collection, provision, and use of infectious disease data for research purposes will be used through pseudonym processing under the Personal Information Protection Act, consent under the Bioethics Act and deliberation by the Institutional Bioethics Committee, and data provision deliberation committee. Therefore, the use of research purposes is recognized as long as procedural validity is secured as it is reviewed by the pseudonym processing and data review committee, the consent of the information subject, and the institutional bioethics review committee. However, the burden on research managers should be reduced by clarifying the pseudonymization or anonymization procedures, the introduction or consent procedures of the comprehensive consent system and the opt-out system should be clearly prepared, and the procedure for re-identifying or securing security that may arise from technological development should be clearly defined.

The Impact of Social disaster by COVID-19 on Consumer Price Index: Focused on Culture, Sports and Tourism (COVID-19가 유발한 사회재난이 소비자물가지수에 미치는 영향: 문화체육관광분야를 중점으로)

  • Lee, Da-Hye;Chang, In-Hong
    • Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.130-138
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    • 2021
  • The outbreak of COVID-19 has had a huge impact on human life. The World Bank group (WBG) has stated that 2020 is the worst year since World War II for economic growth. An epidemic of an infectious disease such as COVID-19 is classified as a "social disaster" by law. The social disaster caused by COVID-19 puts certain industries, occupations and vulnerable groups at risk of exclusion and isolation. This paper intends to examine the fluctuations in the consumer price index in the cultural, sports and tourism sector before and after the onset of COVID-19. In addition, it predicts the consumer price index by sector until December 2021 and reveals its implications.