Physical restraint to prevent falls
The physical restraint used for the prevention of falls in the elderly (e.g. bed belt, restraint belt, side rails…), is increasingly emerging as inappropriate: in addition to being disheartening, it can be dangerous and ineffective. The conditions for which it...
Don’t force to fasting and don’t forbid fluid intake during labour.
Traditionally during labour it is not allowed to take liquid or food because it is believed that in the case of general anesthesia the gastric content may increase the risk of Mendelson syndrome (chemical pneumonia caused by gastric juice aspiration during anesthesia)...
Don’t utilize reusable medical instrumentations that have not been adequately re-processed.
It is fully documented that in the health and social-health structures there is the risk of pathogenic micro-organisms transmission to patients via contaminant medical devices, that therefore need to be adequately treated. This implies the urgency of: a) adopting...
Don’t examine or assist a patient without having first done an accurate hand hygiene, that has to be repeated at the end of the examination.
It is known that healthcare-associated infections are the cause of an increase in mortality, longer rehab periods, increase in the costs of rehab and also, always more frequently, of contentious coroners. Literature is univocal to establish that a missed hand hygiene...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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