Health: 7,000 deaths per year for hospital infections

Naples (askanews) – Every year, 7000 deaths occur in our country for nosocomial infections, sepsis during hospitalization or after the patient resigns. A very high number, equal to twice the number of deaths caused by accidents on the road. Among the leading causes of infections, there are the incorrect decontamination procedures and the excessive use of antibiotics that feed the proliferation of resistant pathogens.

Possible strategies to combat this phenomenon were discussed in Naples during the national forum. promoted by the Centro Studi Mediterranea Europa, which brought together researchers, doctors, school managers and public administrators.

"Hospital infections are a problem we have known for a long time in Campania, which is the first region launched specific guidelines – said Alessandro Perrella, an infectiologist at Cardarelli Hospital in Naples – What to do so: intervention procedures, monitoring, using all the tools already available and performing an infection prevention speech ".

The work of the forum was opened by a lectio magistralis of Mbadimo Clementi, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of San Raffaele University of Milan

"An active strategy is needed to fight hospital infections , an active strategy based on strategies of monitoring, control, reporting and intervention that give objectives of reducing quantities – said Clementi – When these strategies were applied, they had sometimes exciting results .

Even the public administration must actively participate in the adaptation, with resources and administrative and regulatory support, Obviously, we must intervene, even beyond the alarm specific – confirmed Michele Schiano of Visconti, counselor of the Campania region and surgeon – Disinfect the hospital environment, sanitation san are a requirement and a priority. Intervening with the maximum attention on these issues is certainly a duty of the policy, the administrations and the Region that manages health. "

The record of infections after surgery in Valle d'Aosta, with 500 cases each 100,000 are unloaded, followed by Liguria with 454 and Emilia-Romagna with 416. Lombardy, the Veneto, Umbria and the city of Trento are only slightly spaced about 300.