The Local Health Authority of Piacenza participated in the 57th National Congress of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (S.It.I.) of Palermo with various poster presentations which highlighted the high professionalism in the various services with a view to collaboration between different disciplines for innovation and research.
The experience on the strategies to combat antibiotic resistance implemented by the Local Health Authority of Piacenza was the subject of the doctor’s presentation Paola Cellaspokesperson for a choral work that involved Innovation and Research, Clinical Processes and Accredited Structures, Infectious diseases, Hospital pharmacy, Microbiology, Hygiene of healthcare facilities and the General and Health Directorates.
Antimicrobial resistance represents a global health emergency that requires concrete actions to ensure effective therapies against increasingly difficult-to-treat infections. In this context, the Local Health Authority of Piacenza has started a program of Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) with the aim of improving prescriptive appropriateness, directing the choice of drug, dose, route of administration and duration of therapy. Thanks to the commitment of Operational group for the responsible use of antibioticsthe Piacenza company has proven to be a virtuous example in the multidisciplinary management of antimicrobial therapy, adopting a series of innovative initiatives aimed at promoting correct prescription with the aim of reducing the duration and costs of therapies according to a cost-effective logic.
The doctor Maria Grazia Procopio oversaw the presentation of the project VI.Si.T.A.REacronym for visits for safety, transparency and reliability, made with Beatrice Zerbi e Maria Grazia Silvotti for medical management, Giampietro Scaglione director of Prevention and protection service, Franco Federici director of the single Presidium, Giuseppe Arcari for General Affairs and institutional relations.
The study focuses on the risks to which healthcare personnel may be exposed. The analysis was conducted in collaboration with professionals who highlighted potentially risky situations. From here the proposals to create greater security started. The project was launched at the Mental Health Center in 2023 with the aim of improving quality and safety and led to the implementation of structural, plant and organizational interventions which had the aim of improving the safety of operators.
The doctor Beatrice Zerbi presented an interesting study on the surveillance and control of a group of bacteria resistant to antibiotics – the carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae or Cpe – and on their spread among patients in retirement homes, written in synergy with Maria Grazia Silvotti, Pasquale Salvatore Turanodirector of Territorial geriatrics, Barbara Paradisi of the Territorial Organization of non-self-sufficiency Val d’Arda e Franco Federici.
The guidelines for the surveillance of multi-resistant bacteria highlight how Cra patients are more exposed to bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Of these, carbapenemase-producing enterobacteria are extremely dangerous because, with a high mortality rate of up to 70% in bacteremia, they combine extreme ease of spread between patients. In 2024, Hygiene of the healthcare facilities of the Piacenza Local Health Authority launched a project to analyze the situation in homes for the elderly. The investigation showed that the Cras correctly apply the actions to contain the spread of bacteria, but there is a lack of knowledge on the topic of surveillance. The Company has therefore already planned a training event dedicated to the practices and protocols for the diagnosis, surveillance and control of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteria.
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