Month: November 2011

The Infanta Leonor Community Hospital gets three ISO quality certifications.

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The Hospital Infanta Leonor of the community obtains three certificates of quality ISO.

Health Minister presided over the Act of surrender.


-in pharmacy, hemodialysis and the unit of intensive care (ICU)

Madrid, November 2011- El Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, situated in Vallecas, and belonging to the public health network in the community of Madrid, has recently obtained two certifications of quality according to the standard UNE – EN ISO 9001: 2008 for pharmacy, hemodialysis and the unit of intensive care (ICU).

Health Minister Javier Fernández-Lasquetty presided the past Friday 11 at the awards ceremony, which was attended by the Manager of the hospital, Carmen Pantoja, and Ignacio Olalquiaga, director of the Spanish Association for standardisation and certification (AENOR) in Madrid, the certification authority.

These three certifications guarantee management system developed and implemented by such sections or units is carried out in accordance with requirements of quality, efficiency, safety and continuous improvement, both in what it refers to working procedures, as human and material resources, patient satisfaction and compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory requirements, among other indicators.

It should be recalled that the Hospital Infanta Leonor already obtained in 2009 certification of quality according to the standard UNE – EN ISO 9.001: 2008 for cataract surgery. Precisely, this public hospital Madrid opts in 2012 to revalidate the quality certification of such surgical process, after having successfully passed the first two years of follow-up since its initial extraction.

Activity of the pharmacy service

One of the three certifications of ISO quality refers to the activity developed by the pharmacy service. Specifically, the accreditation encompasses the activities of acquisition and storage of drugs; drug development (master, prepared Officinal formulae, parenteral nutrition, intravenous mixtures and cytotoxic); unit-dose packaging, delivery and hospital-acquired distribution of drugs; farmacoterapéutica attention to patient; and the management of drugs in clinical research.

During 2010, the pharmacy of the University Hospital Infanta Leonor developed 8.355 mixtures of medicines cytotoxic for a total of 559 patients affected by oncohematological diseases, as well as 163 intravenous nutrient mixtures for infants 23 patients with diverse pathology in the sterile area. In the same period, he attended a total of 653 outpatients, and managed the system of distribution of medicines in-hospital, totally automated and made up 15 points of dispensing installed in hospitalization, emergency room and ICU units.

This automated delivery system is controlled by the pharmacy service, both the daily replacement of medicines and their adaptation to the healthcare activity. The need that all medications included in these dispensers are completely identified required repackaging in unit doses totalling 138.202 pharmaceutical forms of various drugs last year.

Haemodiafiltration online

For its part, the activity of hemodialysis developed by Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor during 2010 materialized in the realization of more than 9,100 session of hemodialysis and 70 patients. In the same period, another seven patients underwent peritoneal dialysis, in its various forms.

One-third of patients undergoing hemodialysis in this Centre Hospitalier de Vallecas benefit from the so-called haemodiafiltration online technical that improves the quality of life of patients and provides clinical advantages over conventional hemodialysis, but is only indicated in people with a certain clinical profile and good vascular access. In addition, clinical monitoring of patients and the hemodialysis are managed using an innovative software application (MSDS), whose piloting at the global level has developed in this hospital Madrid.

More than 500 income at the UCI

Finally, care intensive (UCI) of the Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor unit is versatile and is intended for adult patients. A total of 507 patients, with an average of 4.5 days stay passed through their eight beds throughout the year 2010.

Survival between those sick rate reached 91%, despite present a high level of severity, since 48 per cent pointed out artificial respiration; 37%, support cardiovascular; and 11.4 per cent, techniques from continuous dialysis.

The ICU at this Madrid public hospital is highly committed to the quality of patient care. Proof of this is his participation in the projects ‘ bacteremia Zero ’ and ‘ pneumonia Zero ’, sponsored by who and the Ministry of health, the Health Ministry of the community of Madrid and the Spanish society of intensive care medicine, critique and units coronary.

in addition, the satisfaction survey to patients and their families is carried out continuously casts always higher rates to 90 per cent satisfaction with treatment, information and the assistance received in this unit of the Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor.

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Trio of astronauts lands in Kazakhstan

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ALMATY (Reuters) – three astronauts aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule landed Tuesday in Kazakhstan after spending nearly six months on the space station (ISS), the first return of such international from NASA gave low to its shuttle fleet this summer boreal.

Astronaut Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa Japanese and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov landed the 0226 GMT, shortly before dawn in the nevada steppe Kazakh, showed images of NASA TV.

“The landing was great.” “All are well,” said Volkov, making a gesture of approval with the thumbs up then was removed from the capsule Soyuz TMA-02, according by the extreme temperatures which endured during its re-entry to the atmosphere

After the closure of the program of NASA, the Russian ships ferry became the only route to transport supplies and people and the $ 100 billion ISS, built by 16 Nations, until commercial firms to develop the capacity to transport astronauts from.

Russia hopes to perfect landing allowed to restore confidence in its special programme since an accident in August which involved an unmanned cargo ship temporarily suspended its missions with astronauts.

(Additional report of Dmitry Solovyov.) (Edited by Carlos Aliaga in Spanish)

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Report highlights the alarming decline of flora and fauna of freshwater in EU

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Brussels, 22 nov (EFE).-the freshwater ecosystems of the European Union (EU) are seriously threatened and require “urgent conservation measures”, according to a report of the International Union for conservation of nature posted today.

Pollution, overfishing, Habitat loss and the introduction of exotic species are among the reasons for this decline.

The report, known as “The list red European”, has evaluated the situation of some 6,000 species, and concludes that the situation affects 44% freshwater molluscs, 37% of the fish, 23% of the amphibians and 19% of the reptiles.

The most threatened are molluscs, and in particular the fresh water Mussel, formerly very extended and is now limited to a few rivers of France and Spain.

The existence of a European action plan and ongoing conservation programs allow, however, “hope for the future”, according to a statement of the European Commission.

Of fishes, sturgeon is the one most affected, with seven of the eight European species “in a critical situation”.

Linked to these habitats vegetation, also threatened, on the one hand includes crop plants such as sugar beet, wheat, oats and lettuce, and other wild plants such as the “Beta patula”, next relative of the beets.

15% Of mammals and dragonflies, 13% of birds, 11% of a selection of saproxílicos beetles, 9% of 467 species of vascular plants and butterflies are now threatened.

The European Commissioner for environment, Janez Potocnik, stated that the EU would “pay dearly” if not to address the causes of this decline and take urgent action to stop it.

The positive side of the report is that some conservation measures have produced good results, such as the habitats directive, which has helped the protection of areas natural.

The EU has a new biodiversity strategy adopted in May this year, claiming among other objectives to protect ecosystems, contributing to sustainable agriculture and forestry and improve controls on invasive species. EFE

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Romania legalizes euthanasia of tens of thousands of street dogs

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Bucharest, 22 nov (EFE).-the Romanian Parliament today approved a law to legalize euthanasia of the tens of thousands of stray dogs who live in cities across the country and represent a serious problem of public health and safety citizen.

The law, whose vote was postponed several times since last March under pressure from the protective of animals and part of citizenship, allows local authorities the possibility of killing the dogs with a lethal injection when citizens vote for the measure in a referendum municipal.

Dogs must be collected from the street by each city and housed in kennels municipal for 30 days.

If after this time they have not been claimed by an owner or adopted, dogs may stay in kennels, be returned to the street once sterilised, or can apply it the euthanasia.

Only in Bucharest live, according to official, close to 70,000 dogs estimates Street.

According to data provided to the press by the prefect of Bucharest, Mihai Atanasoaei, more than 24,000 people were treated in hospitals in the capital by bites of wild dogs in 2009 and 2010.

The controversial law adopted today has been a source of open warfare between supporters and opponents of eliminating the dogs in the street.

According to the local press, the problem of the street dogs back in Romania before the fall of the Communist regime in 1989, when dictator Nicolae CeauÅŸescu forced hundreds of thousands of Romanians to move to the city or to live in blocks to their plans of industrialization and social systematization.

Unable to have dogs in the new apartments, many Romanians were forced to abandon them, multiplying since then its population in the streets.

The use of euthanasia which now offers the mayors is not new in the country Balkan.

In 2001, under the command of then-Mayor and now head of the State, Traian Basescu, were removed in Bucharest around 50,000 street dogs.

Social and international pressure with the actress Brigitte Bardot as headliners of the protest, was later lowered the number of animals removed, until that euthanasia was completely banned in 2008. EFE

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Lula enters hospital to start the second cycle of chemotherapy

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Sao Paulo, 21 nov (EFE).-former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva joined today at a hospital in Sao Paulo to begin the second round of chemotherapy on laryngeal cancer that was diagnosed the month past.

Lula, of 66 years, used a black hat and a shirt of the same color when he joined Monday by one of the side doors of the Syrian Lebanese Hospital, in the company of his wife Marisa Leticia, and his personal photographer, Ricardo Stuckert.

The exmandatario received a diagnosis of laryngeal cancer on 29 October and two days later began treatment with chemotherapy in the same hospital, which goes to medical of routine checkups

Hospital, a Cancer Center of reference in Latin America, said in a statement that Lula was admitted to the clinic “to give sequence to chemotherapy treatment, according to what previously planned”.

“This second section of the processing happens without any occurrence and the patient is well”, he stressed the clinic.

The Secretary general of the Brazilian presidency, Gilberto Carvalho, a personal friend of Lula, visited him in his room and told journalists that the President looks good and is animated for this phase of treatment.

According to Carvalho, Lula “is integer, confident, crazy to go back to a forum” and expected next February, once finished treatment, may return to public life and go to his followers with the greeting “companions, comrades” in their speeches.

Carvalho added that Lula is happier because his team, Corinthians, yesterday beat Atlético Mineiro 2-1 and is very close to winning the League title Brazilian.

“After that goal yesterday of Hadrian, he is very happy,” said Carvalho on the spirit of Lula, Director for life of the Corinthians.

According to Roberto Kalil, personal physician of Lula, the former President will have to spend today at the hospital and if it doesn’t present any adverse reaction to chemotherapy may return Tuesday to his home in Sao Bernardo do Campo, municipality in the región metropolitana de Sao Paulo.

Lula

of 66 years, used a black hat and a shirt of the same color when he joined Monday by one of the side doors of the Syrian Lebanese Hospital, in the company of his wife Marisa Leticia, and his personal photographer, Ricardo Stuckert. EFE/RICARDO STUCKERT/Institute LULA

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Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips

Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips