Infectious Diseases Department I

The First Department of Infectious Diseases of Hangzhou Xixi Hospital was established in 1937. It specializes in treating infectious diseases and is an affiliated institution of the Hangzhou Clinical Quality Control Center for Infectious Diseases. Infectious Diseases is a provincial-level key discipline and a Category I municipal key medical discipline in Hangzhou. The department has a group of medical and nursing staff who are dedicated to their work and have a high level of medical expertise. Three person-times have received the honorary title of Provincial Advanced Individual, and the department has received the honorary titles of Municipal Advanced Collective and Bureau Advanced Collective on multiple occasions. A professional team with strong clinical capabilities has now been established. There are currently 23 medical and nursing staff members, including 1 senior professional title holder, 2 associate senior professional title holders, 1 doctoral degree holder, and 8 master's degree holders. The department provides outpatient services for infectious diseases and an independent infectious diseases ward, with 42 beds in the ward. The department treats a wide variety of diseases and has extensive experience in clinical diagnosis and treatment. It specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis, central nervous system infections, fever with rash syndrome, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and intra-abdominal infections. It has achieved good clinical outcomes in the diagnosis and treatment of relatively rare infectious diseases, such as Pneumocystis pneumonia and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections, in non-immunocompromised populations. It also has extensive clinical experience in rescuing and treating infectious diseases such as severe influenza, severe dengue, severe malaria, typhoid fever, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, and brucellosis, with a high treatment success rate. Drawing on many years of clinical experience, the department strengthens the exploration of traditional Chinese medicine, upholds fundamental principles while pursuing innovation, and uses methods such as oral administration and external application of Chinese herbal medicines. The outstanding efficacy of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in treating infectious diseases and effectively shortening the disease course is a major feature of the department. The department has undertaken the response to major outbreaks in Zhejiang Province and Hangzhou on multiple occasions, including H1N1 influenza A, highly pathogenic avian influenza, and dengue fever, and has successfully completed the treatment tasks. The department has formed a medical service model featuring the treatment of various infectious diseases. It has successively participated in and undertaken multiple provincial and municipal research projects, received one third prize for scientific and technological progress from Hangzhou, and published more than 20 papers of various types, including SCI papers, over the past three years. For many consecutive years, it has successfully hosted national- and provincial-level continuing education courses, earning widespread recognition from professionals in the field. It also undertakes theoretical teaching, clinical internships, and further training for students from Zhejiang Chinese Medical University and other higher education institutions.