Guangzhou'S First Medical Protective Clothing Production Line Was Built In 10 Days, Producing 2000 Pieces Per Day.

Gaga... The unique voice of the hot-air seal machine is one after another in the dust-free production workshop of protective clothing, forming the call of charge. Lu Baiqing, the production supervisor, is busy and meticulously checking the needle and thread, with one hole and one button. "The sealing strip must be sealed by nearly ten thousand pinholes, and the protective clothing can really protect the front-line medical staff."

In February 4th, Guangdong conle Medical Technology Co., Ltd. was officially put into operation in the first batch of national standard medical protective clothing in Guangzhou. The daily output is expected to exceed 2000. 17 years ago, when SARS broke out, Lu Baiqing of Hunan was just a sewing worker in Kun Er medical treatment. Now, the new pneumonia outbreak of coronavirus infection is coming, and the mission of organizing protective clothing production falls on her shoulders.

Protective clothing is in serious shortage and the country is activating potential capacity. In order to reduce wastage, front-line medical staff do not go to the toilet and dare not drink water. On the first day of the lunar new year, Wang Cuihong, a constable medical director, suddenly received an urgent order from the Guangdong provincial industrial and commercial office. "Immediately switch to sterile medical protective clothing, and Wuhan is now in short supply." However, there was no medical protective clothing production line at that time. From "impossible mission" to the birth line of the first medical protective clothing production line in Guangzhou, what has gone through in 10 short days?

More than one group of workers hired a car to bypass the epidemic area and return to Guangzhou.

After the outbreak of the new coronavirus infection in Wuhan, the relevant departments in Guangzhou urgently reorganized the proposal to restore the list of categories and enterprises of important materials and production, found that only two of the production conditions of protective clothing were available, and one of them was Kang's medical treatment in Taihe Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou. However, these two enterprises have the potential of producing protective clothing only, but they do not have ready production lines that can be produced at any time in line with GB19082-2009 national standard medical disposable protective clothing.

Medical disposable protective clothing is required to be produced under purify conditions. The sterile surgical garment workshop of conle medical provides the most important guarantee for production environment, so it is highly regarded by the government. "Feel the mission in the body, in any case, to make protective clothing." Wang Cuihong immediately started the preparatory work after receiving the task. Raw material purchase, machine purchase, worker recruitment, medical product market access application...... In the new year's day, every task is difficult.

Wang Cuihong first contacted a factory in Changzhou and bought the production equipment of protective clothing. "Knowing that we are in support of the epidemic area, this factory has found the nearest source for us overnight, and the second day machine is in place."

The problem of machine is solved. How can we find skilled workers? "At least we need dozens of sewing workers to make trial production, preferably with garment factory experience. After training, we can quickly get started." After the announcement of recruitment information widely released by Baiyun District Bureau of industry and commerce, at the beginning of the month, four of the workers were recruited, and 20 of them were employees who returned to their hometown years ago.

"The staff are very active in fighting against the epidemic, and come back to fight without saying anything." Lu Baiqing is an old soldier who fought against SARS. For young workers, regardless of danger, she came back to the production line. She seemed to see her former self. "Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou... The workers rushed back to Guangzhou from all sides. Several workers packed a private car around the epidemic area and went straight to Guangzhou. All the companies took the toll.

After full resumption, the daily production capacity of protective clothing is expected to exceed 2000 units.

In the dust-free workshop of Kang Er medical protective clothing, the most crucial process was impressive. The machine arm of the sealing machine swung around repeatedly, and the workers held the needle and thread of the protective clothing in both hands, and sealed the seal strip nearly 10000 pin holes inch by inch to ensure that the virus and bacteria could not break in. The reporter saw that the joints of protective clothing were mostly crooked. Workers could only rely on the proficiency of their own hands to improve efficiency rather than machines.

"At the very beginning, the workers could seal a protective clothing with a seal in half an hour, and it could be completed in 20 minutes in second days. After the formal trial production, we have been able to seal up one piece in 15 minutes. Lu Baiqing told reporters.

The production capacity of protective clothing has also been greatly improved. "From twenty pieces a day to 100 pieces a day, 200 products can be produced within third days of trial production. Now, we can produce 1000 pieces per day. " Wang Cuihong told reporters, "after the full resumption of work, all personnel in place, our daily capacity is expected to break through 2000."

Although personnel and machines are in place, protective clothing is a sterile medical product. Formal production needs to be examined and approved. According to the normal approval process, the official listing will take a minimum of one year. However, Guangdong Province soon launched a major response to public health emergencies. In order to maximize the production capacity of protective clothing and other scarce materials, a fast examination and approval channel for emergency materials was set up. "The government told us that as long as the protective clothing produced is tested by third parties, it can be put into production immediately." Wang Cuihong told reporters.

At the beginning of six, the first batch of protective clothing samples from conle medical was formally sent to the State Food and Drug Administration of Guangzhou medical device quality supervision and inspection center. Good news came at last in February 4th. Your aseptic medical protective clothing has been successfully tested. It can be officially produced! " Wang Cuihong, who was the first time to notify the test result on the phone, was not a testing organization, but a leader in charge of Guangzhou City Bureau of industry and commerce. "We have been waiting anxiously for the test results. In fact, the government is watching more closely than anyone else." Wang Cuihong said.

Protective clothing is so precious that doctors do not dare to go to the toilet to reduce consumption.

Whether at home or abroad, the manufacturing process of protective clothing is very complicated. It is necessary to rely on skilled workers to sew by hand, so that they can not be mechanized on a large scale. There is no outbreak at ordinary times, and there is little demand in the market. In fact, protective clothing is not an easy money business, so there are not many enterprises.

In the face of new coronavirus infected pneumonia patients, medical staff are the closest people to the virus. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, medical staff have been constantly infected. Medical protective clothing can effectively prevent infiltration of water, blood, alcohol and other liquids, and avoid infection of viruses and pathogens carried by patients' blood, body fluids and other secretions during operation to medical personnel.

Under the current epidemic situation, medical protective clothing is far from meeting the needs of front-line medical staff. Because protective clothing is too precious, many doctors in Wuhan prefer not to eat or drink, do not go to the toilet, try to extend the use time of protective clothing. In January 26th, Wang Jiangping, a member of the steering group of the Central Committee of Hubei and vice minister of industry and information technology, once revealed, "the demand list provided by Hubei to the Ministry of industry and Commerce shows that the demand for medical protective clothing is about 100 thousand pieces per day, but only 40 enterprises that meet the Chinese standard of capacity licensing are distributed in 14 provinces, the total production capacity is only 30 thousand sets per day, and the contradiction between supply and demand is very prominent." At present, all parts of the country are trying to improve the supply of medical protective clothing.