Adnkronos Rome, April 30 (Adnkronos Salute) – The Lazio Region celebrates World Hand Hygiene Day at the Inmi Spallanzani Irccs in Rome with a 'Comparison of methods, tools and results four years after the adoption of the Regional Intervention Plan'. On Monday, May 5 at 9 am, at the Institute in via Portuense, the representatives of the health companies and bodies of the Regional Health Service will meet to share the status of implementation of the recommendations on hand hygiene and to take stock of the measures for the prevention and control of infections, including those caused by microorganisms resistant to antibiotics and those related to healthcare (ICA).
The Lazio Region, Spallanzani and all the Lazio health companies are engaged in an extraordinary training plan on hospital infections aimed at all healthcare and non-healthcare personnel in hospitals, as foreseen in Investment 2.2 of the Pnrr M6C2. In Lazio, the program managed by the Spallanzani Permanent Training Center in Health involves 16.506 operators from all the health companies.
The conference will be opened by Cristina Matranga, general director of Spallanzani. Various topics will be covered: 'Contrasting antibiotic resistance: from the regional prevention plan to the Prcar 2022-2025', Paola Scognamiglio – Health Promotion and Prevention Area; 'Regional monitoring of hydroalcoholic solution consumption: results, critical issues and prospects', Francesco Vairo – head of Seresmi Inmi Spallanzani; 'Hand hygiene and the use of disposable gloves', Vincenzo Puro; 'The management of infectious risk: preliminary results of the regional project Mapping of health risk', Giuseppe Sabatelli – Regional Clinical Risk Center. Following this, the health companies will offer their reflections with the interventions of Maria De Giusti for the Policlinico Umberto I, Marta Ciofi degli Atti for the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Loredana Sarmati for the Policlinico Tor Vergata, Giuseppe Vetrugno for the Policlinico A. Gemelli, Cosmo Del Borgo for the ASL of Latina. The works will be concluded by Andrea Urbani, director of the regional Health and Social Health Integration department.
"Hand hygiene is a simple yet important procedure," DG Matranga emphasizes. "I believe that citizens have fully understood the importance of this practice, with soap and water or with a hydroalcoholic solution, during the Covid-19 pandemic. The importance of the day for healthcare workers is linked to the relevance of healthcare-associated infections acquired by patients during their stay in hospital or other healthcare settings, with risks that are still too high for some categories of interventions and a significant impact on treatment outcomes, while also generating additional healthcare spending. We are called to promote proper hand hygiene to prevent infections, protect ourselves and help the healthcare service."