GENOA – Within the next week the provision that provides for the allocation of funds will be voted on in the regional council, 25 million, to increase orthopedic services in Liguriawith the involvement of the accredited private sector and with the aim of reducing waiting lists and patient escapes to other regions, for this specialty.
“We are getting ready – explains the President of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti – to implement another piece of the extraordinary measures that we have wanted to implement since the beginning of the year, with the aim of reducing waiting times and reducing the number of people who go to other regions to seek treatment. Orthopedics is historically a branch for which the Ligurians, especially in the border territories, have chosen neighboring regions in significant numbers for treatment. We are working towards a clear reversal of the trend. The increase in orthopedic services in our hospitals has already grown in recent years: compared to 2021 they increased by 9%. With the measure we are about to adopt, we are aiming for growth of more than 25%.
“We are waiting – adds the health councilor Angelo Gratarola – that alongside our activities, the Government also formalizes the announced decree to reduce waiting lists. As far as has been anticipated, it is a measure that goes in the direction we have already taken: increase in services, guidelines on appropriateness, consent for hospitals to purchase freelance services from their doctors. The latter in particular is a tool that could actually overcome the legislation that the Liguria Region had approved at the end of 2023 and which had been challenged by the Government itself. Together with the expressions of interest for the accredited private individual, we could thus provide further impetus to reduce waiting times for visits and exams”.
“In the field of orthopedics – he explains Filippo Ansaldi, General Director of Alisa – we record an annual requirement equal to approximately 125 million in production value. Already during 2023 we have witnessed a significant growth in the activities of our healthcare system, equal to 9%. The regional funding and the consequent expression of interest for the accredited private individual, together with a further increase in the budget dedicated to this field for companies, have the aim not only of increasing the number of services, but also of reducing the passive mobility in a significant way and to increase the attractiveness of Ligurian structures from other regions”.
THE CONSULTATION FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST OVARIAN CANCER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN LILT GENOA
World Ovarian Cancer Day is celebrated every year on 8 May to increasingly improve knowledge and attention towards this tumor. Ovarian cancer is the least frequent gynecological neoplasm but it is the ‘big killer’ of gynecological neoplasms due to its its biological aggressiveness. “in Liguria – – underlines Serafina Mammoliti, medical oncologist and DMT (Disease Management Team) coordinator for gynecological neoplasms at the San Martino Polyclinic – there are around 150 new diagnoses/year and around 500 patients under treatment. It is a subtle disease that does not give specific symptoms: information and timely diagnosis are determining factors for positively changing the evolutionary history of the disease and its prognosis – continues Mammoliti. Last March, within the Lilt Genoa Association, the Consultation for the fight against ovarian cancer was born which deals with prevention, diagnosis, treatment and assistance to patients affected by ovarian cancer in all its phases and was established to increasingly improve knowledge and attention towards this tumor”.
MAY 5TH WORLD HAND HYGIENE DAY
Various initiatives are planned throughout Liguria on the occasion of World Hand Hygiene Day, scheduled for Sunday 5 May. “Sharing knowledge about hand washing – explains Andrea Orsi, associate professor at the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Genoa – is essential because it helps to stop the spread of harmful germs in the healthcare sector. Hand hygiene saves millions of lives every year: research conducted by the OECD shows that, in 34 OECD and EU/EEA countries, investing $1 to improve hand hygiene in healthcare settings leads to an economic return of approximately 24.6 dollars”.
INITIATIVES IN LIGURIA:
ASL 1
Asl1 takes the field for “World Hand Hygiene Day”, promoted by the World Health Organization, scheduled for May 5, 2024. Throughout the month of May there will be a series of initiatives and meetings with schools in the territory of all levels, to raise awareness among students of correct hand washing. To find out more, visit the dedicated page.
ASL 2
On the morning of Monday 6 May 2024, 7 information stations will be activated at the hospital sites of Pietra Ligure, Albenga and Savona (from 8.30 to 12.30) where information brochures will be distributed aimed at both healthcare personnel and users and visitors: interactive practical demonstrations on the correct technique for practicing hand hygiene using alcohol gel will be provided.
Savona Hospital: there will be a mobile team that will tour all the waiting rooms in the hospital to distribute information material and provide practical demonstrations.
At Pietra Ligure Hospital, an ultraviolet pedagogical box will be available through which it will be possible to check whether hand hygiene using alcoholic gel has been carried out correctly.
ASL 3
It will activate two info points on Friday 3 May in the Genova Brignole and Genova Principe stations in collaboration with Grandi Stazioni Retail on the occasion of World Hand Hygiene Day:
from 9am to 12pm in the concourse of Genova Piazza Principe station
from 2pm to 5pm in the hall of Genova Brignole station
The experts of the Operational Group of the Committee on Hospital Infections at ASL3 will be available to provide practical advice and explain some simple rules regarding correct hand hygiene. During the information event it will be possible to take part in interactive tests to check whether you are performing hand hygiene correctly and to evaluate the level of cleanliness of your mobile phone.
For information: email , tel. 010 849 7408/7819 (Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm). Visit the dedicated page
ASL 4
“Health in our Hands: one health approach” is the title of the training event that will take place on Friday 10 May 2024 at the Hotel Grande Albergo Via V. Veneto, 2 – Sestri Levante, organized in ASL 4 and aimed at sharing the relevant themes, providing knowledge and transversality of the phenomenon of antibiotic residency, through the valorisation of all sectors involved and participation with professionals and citizens. Furthermore, thanks to digital innovation within the departments, on May 5th, participation in the detection of hand hygiene opportunities will be intensified by the nurse representatives of each individual Structure, through the “speedy audit” app. ”.
Furthermore, starting from the first week of May, training meetings conducted by the Nurse Representatives of Hospital Infections were organised, at the individual facilities, to disseminate and implement the document created in the training course dedicated to them, on the prevention of related Infections and ‘assistance. Finally, all hospital departments will be involved in the WHO information campaign in the creation of tools useful for disseminating and promoting correct hand hygiene to operators, patients and caregivers, to ensure effective and safe healthcare.
ASL 5
On May 16th, on the occasion of the last appointment of the cycle of meetings aimed at schools and the population entitled “Let’s build our health together”, an educational session on hand hygiene will be held with the help of a pedagogical box. Furthermore, the campaign on hand hygiene and infection prevention continues through educational videos, in collaboration with Federfarma La Spezia. For all operators, the Corporate Plan for the promotion and empowerment of hand hygiene will be disseminated, which includes a series of educational and operational interventions that will be carried out throughout the year.
SAN MARTINO POLICLINICAL HOSPITAL
On Monday 6 May 2024, there will be two information points aimed at users and healthcare workers, organized by the Hygiene Operational Unit and equipped with pedagogical boxes to verify the correct hand hygiene procedure.
EOO GALLIERA
The Galliera Hospital has organized the course “Hand hygiene, essential strategies and practices for the prevention of infections: guaranteeing health and safety” for May 7th.
For information visit the dedicated page
