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Summary of Medexpress news - January 10, 2023
Published Jan. 10, 2023 10:44
- 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.
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- In order to stop the infection epidemic, self-discipline is necessary, i.e. a return to the wise DDM principle (distance, disinfection, mask). When we feel sick, we stay home! – appeals Bożena Janicka, president of the Association of Healthcare Employers. Currently, apart from COVID-19, the biggest threat is the raging flu, RSV, as well as adenoviruses - pathogens responsible for viral infections in children and adults. In all cases, infections are transmitted by droplets. That is why it is so important to isolate and wear masks in public places. PPOZ doctors remind and call for vaccinations against both COVID-19 and influenza. It is never too late for them, and in the case of influenza, specific immunity can be obtained as early as 2-3 weeks after vaccination.
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Combo tests, i.e. three in one, have become guaranteed benefits 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 an ordinance on the rules for settling tests. The Fund will pay for the test itself and for its performance. The POZ clinic will receive almost PLN 34. The benefit is not limited, so the National Health Fund will pay for each ordered test and its performance. It is financed additionally, apart from the capitation rate, i.e. the basic salary of a family doctor.
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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 specialist in a statutory field of nursing with the work rate in accordance with the amendment to the Act. More details - at medexpress.pl
