16 percent of hospitals do not use safe equipment in the drug preparation procedure. Only 11 percent facilities use only safe injection needles, and only one in four uses closed systems for blood collection each time. These are the conclusions of the report Safe Hospital is a Safe Patient,...
The Act on quality in health care and patient safety does not implement the intentions to improve the quality in health care, nor does it meet the expectations of patients as to the creation of an effective system of compensation for medical damages or the expectations of the medical community...
The Parliamentary Health Committee issued a positive opinion on the draft act on clinical trials. Amendments have been included in it, thanks to which nurses and midwives will be able to e.g. act as the principal investigator.
– For 30 years we have been fighting for patients who have oxygen concentrators to be reimbursed for electricity costs. So far, there is no such thing - said prof. dr hab. n. med. Paweł Śliwiński, head of the 2nd Department of Lung Diseases at the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases in...
Tens of thousands of antibiotics will hit the market. As the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski announced on Twitter, this will happen thanks to the release of drugs from the Government Strategic Reserves Agency.
Yesterday, the Parliamentary Health Committee gave the green light to extend the scope of application of pharmaceutical prescriptions to include influenza vaccinations. Thanks to this, the path of patients who want to receive an injection will be shortened. During one visit to a pharmacy, they...
On average, around 4,000 documents are issued daily in Poland per year. blood units. Even during the pandemic and a significant reduction in the services provided in hospitals, the constant demand in hospitals was at the level of approx. 2.5 thousand. units. This is the result of the report on...
The Parliamentary Health Committee gave the green light to extend the scope of application of the pharmaceutical prescription to influenza vaccination. Thanks to this, the path of patients who want to receive an injection will be shortened. During one visit to a pharmacy, they will be able to...
- We forecast that we will still see some stabilization in terms of flu or RSV infections - predicted Wojciech Andrusiewicz, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, in an interview with Polsat News. He added that the peak of RSV infections is behind us. - In order to stop the infection epidemic,...
– We forecast that we will still see some stabilization in terms of influenza infections or RSV virus – predicted Wojciech Andrusiewicz, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, in an interview with Polsat News. He added that the peak of RSV infections is behind us.
Combo tests, i.e. three in one, have become benefits guaranteed in Primary Health Care. This means that they can be financed by the National Health Fund and patients will be able to perform the test free of charge at their family doctor. Filip Nowak, president of the National Health Fund, signed...
The Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives asked all voivodes to enforce the correct interpretation of the provisions of the Act on the method of determining the minimum basic salary on their subordinate healthcare entities. The point is to cover nurses of the system who have the title of...
Combo tests detecting the presence of influenza virus, RSV and SARS-CoV-2 are to appear in primary care offices this week. – At the initial stage of infection, we will be able to distinguish which virus we are dealing with or rule out infection with them. If it turns out that influenza is the...
- I signed a regulation that introduces the possibility of performing a test at a family doctor, which will identify what ailment we are dealing with - whether it is RSV, flu or COVID-19 - said Adam Niedzielski during a press conference. Combo tests are expected to be available for purchase...
Every fourth Polish teenager reaches for e-cigarettes, alerts the Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, there are more studies showing the negative health effects of smoking them. What's more, the risk of addiction is estimated to be higher than in the case of traditional cigarettes.
– I signed the regulation that introduces the possibility of performing a test at the family doctor, which will identify what ailment we are dealing with – whether it is RSV, flu or COVID-19 – Adam Niedzielski informed during Thursday's press conference.
Dissemination of influenza vaccination, isolation of people showing signs of infection and special protection against infection of people from risk groups. Among others, such recommendations were issued by the Council of Experts of the Supreme Medical Chamber in connection with the season of...
At the beginning of the year, changes facilitating the work of physiotherapists, included in the regulation of the President of the National Health Fund, came into force. Among other things, it was introduced the possibility for the physiotherapist to complete the missing data on the referral...
After two years of construction work, the new building of the Hospital of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Wołomin was officially opened. There are several specialist clinics, a rehabilitation center and hospital administration located there.
“Hospitals that meet the eligibility criteria will form the National Oncology Network (KSO), announced Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki after the meeting of the Council of Ministers at which the draft act was adopted, providing for a new model for managing oncological care in Poland.
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