Don’t run the newborn hearing screening at birth but at least after 48 hours of life in a 1st level birth center.
Newborn hearing screening allows an early detection of congenital hearing loss, whose prevalence is 1-3 cases per thousand births in the absence of risk factors. It must be performed in all birth centers, on all newborns before discharge, by trained personnel, in well...
Don’t use bladder training (repeated closure of the catheter) before urinary catheter removal. (AIURO – ANIMO)
The literature and the main guidelines describe this practice as unnecessary. It is based on a rational proved wrong by the physiology of urination as the Detrusor muscle of the bladder does not perform any kind of “gymnastics” when the...
Don’t use abrasive disinfectants on intact skin in the elderly, who are bedridden and with fragile and/or damaged skin. (AIUC)
The use of disinfectants and colouring agents (sodium hypochlorite, mercurial disinfectants, povidone-iodine, benzene derivatives …) on intact skin is a very common practice. Besides not having any clinical rational, the use of these products is...
Don’t incorrectly use chemicals for clearing the stomatal complex. (AIOSS)
Despite the growth of knowledge and evidence about the detrimental effects on the skin produced by antiseptic solutions, degreasers, and disinfectants when used for cleansing of the stoma complex, these substances are still often used by health professionals. The use...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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