Viruses and bacteria in the ward are more victims of traffic accidents, but cases could be reduced by 30%
LONDON - It is a silent epidemic that crosses Italian hospitals: up to 8% of those who enter into a department leaving it with a virus or bacterium, which kills up to 7,500 people each year. The numbers are given by experts gathered at the Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Diseases Infettive e Tropicali (Simit).
NUMERO COSTANTE - «Questo numero è costante negli ultimi anni, al Sud come al Nord - spiega Giuseppe Ippolito, presidente del congresso e direttore scientifico dell'Istituto Malattie Infettive Spallanzani di Roma -, ma potrebbe essere ridotto del 30% con un piccolo investimento. Purtroppo le infezioni ospedaliere fanno più vittime degli incidenti stradali». Secondo le cifre presentate in Italia si stima che il 5-8% di tutti i pazienti afferenti alle strutture sanitarie sviluppino un'Ipa (infezione associata alle patologie assistenziali), pari a 450-700mila casi con 4.500-7.500 decessi direttamente attribuibili e circa 3 milioni 750mila giornate di degenza for infectious complications acquired after admission. The alarm raised by the experts about particular departments such as intensive care and surgery. "This type of infection are not resettable - feel Ippolito - but should be corrected in risk behaviors. For example, removing the catheters, the massive use of antibiotics, once the pre-operative hair removal and especially the lack of hygiene. "
resistant germs - the same opinion Sagnelli Evangelista, president of Simit: 'The impact of nosocomial infections and pneumonia are the Ipa diseases multirestistenti. This is because many germs that are acquired in hospitals have become a great strength and dangerous. At the risk then the elderly in hospital intensive care wards. Areas where decontamination procedures are necessary to eliminate any kind of danger. " A finish in the dock are the doctors and outdated hospital facilities throughout the country. "The doctors wash their hands only 20% of cases in which they should - Ippolito says - and this is an important vehicle for the bacteria. Then serve the specialized personnel to manage and coordinate the hospital the problem of these infections: 250-300 patients per nurse and a doctor for every 400 patients ad hoc. "
SOURCE: Corriere.it
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