AN ALLIANCE TO VALUE
MEDICAL CARE
Collectively ask for greater value in the health services in Italy and throughout the world. This what our idea of a therapeutic alliance is based on: a way of coordinating the actions of all the actors involved in public health services towards the single objective of improved health for everyone. Good health benefits the entire community, but is not guaranteed. It is the result of well-studied and coordinated actions to spread and maintain health over time.
WHAT IS BEING DONE IN ITALY TO PREVENT INFECTIONS?
The data regarding deaths from hospital infections in Italy is alarming. Demands to reverse this trend are coming from all directions but there are critical issues to be resolved such as the adequate training of health workers and the patients themselves, and the availability of instrumentation that keeps up to date with innovation, also in the field of sterilization.
HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION
THE COST OF INFECTIONS ON PUBLIC SPENDING
“Zero infections target”: in light of the alarming data on deaths from healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance, this is the message that public health authorities have been sending to the individual facilities in our country for some time. This is an issue that weighs heavily on the health budget, undermining the quality of life of the citizens.
PREVENTION: HOW CAN THE PATIENT PARTICIPATE?
The patient can also actively participate in preventing infections. In addition to personal hygiene, with particular reference to frequent hand washing, being aware of the possible risks to which one is subjected not only during hospitalization, but also during his daily life, whether or not associated with chronic diseases, can help to prevent risks and resort immediately to useful solutions to cure the infection in the shortest possible time.