Activities of Rebecca TAYLOR related to 2013/2022(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the report from the Commission to the Council on the basis of Member States' reports on the implementation of the Council Recommendation (2009/C 151/01) on patient safety, including the prevention and control of healthcare- associated infections PDF (244 KB) DOC (139 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C – footnote 3
Recital C – footnote 3
3. For the purposes of this report, HAI means any infection which occurs during or following the provision of medical services (for diagnostic, therapeutic or preventive purposes) and which was not present or incubating prior to such provision. The infectious micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi, parasites and other transmissible agents) involved in HAI cases may come either from the patient's own organism (intestines, skin, etc.), in which case they are called endogenous infections, or from the patient's environment, in which case they are known as exogenous or cross infections. The term healthcare associated infection covers all infections associated with healthcare systems in general and with individual treatment pathways. These include nosocomial infections (acquired in healthcare establishments, either as an inpatient or an outpatient) and infections acquired during treatment provided outside healthcare establishments, in collective facilities (such as medium- and long-stay facilities, in particular care homes for eolderly dep people) or in the home. (This amendment people) or in the home. applies throughout the text. The term 'elderly' is considered pejorative in the field of ageing policy)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas reliable information on patient safety and HAIs is subject to limitations, including the ability of healthcare professionals to undertake adverse event reporting candidly and without reservations;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, furthermore, eolderly patients and patients with immunodeficiencies or chronic diseases, in particular degenerative diseases, are especially vulnerable to healthcare-related adverse events;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas HAIs can occur as a result of time spent in healthcare establishments or during the provision of any healthcare services, including home-based services (in particular as a result of contamination ofthrough medical instruments or, equipment or contact with patients and healthcare professionals);
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Member States to re- evaluate their adverse event reporting structures, to assess whether such reporting is taking place in a 'no-blame' culture, and that healthcare professionals can come forward with information candidly, without negative consequences for themselves personally;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to make sufficient human, financial and technological resources available toprioritise effective workforce planning as a means of ensureing that care provided in the home or in hospital is of the highest possible quality, and urges them, staffing levels are adequate to deal with increasing particular, not to cut the budgets allocated to pent throughput and the atitent safety, a key issue for European healthcare systems at a time of global spending reviewdant negative impact on infection control practices;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Encourages Member States to develop their national practices on the appropriate use of antibiotics in order to limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance and ensure that antibiotic treatment remains effective;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges Member States to provide the Commission with information on vaccination programmes for healthcare professionals including the levels of coverage achieved within healthcare institutions;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use the most advanced technological means available to guarantee optimum patient safety, and, in particular, to introduce across the board electronic health passports containing all relevant information about the patient, including his or her antecedentsdevelop platforms and protocols allowing health data portability, ensuring such activities respect relevant European data protection legislation;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 1
Paragraph 22 – indent 1
– the state of health of patients (particularly eolderly persons and persons with reduced mobility) returning home after a period of hospitalisation must be assessed thoroughly when they leave hospital, with a view, in particular, to evaluating and countering the risk of falls;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 3
Paragraph 22 – indent 3
– the use of throwaway medical equipment must be encouraged as far as possibleequipment used should be disposable or subject to thorough decontamination procedures if reused;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to carry out specific awareness-raising and training measures concerning HAIs which are aimed not only at healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, paramedics, etc.), but also, for example, at carerformal and informal carers and hospital volunteers who have contact with patients;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Recommends that regional or local working parties be set up to consider specific issues relating to patient safety; by way of an example, working parties could focus on accident prevention among eolderly people, reducing operation-related risks or reducing the risk of medication- related errors;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Member States to establish a joint database to be used to compilecollaborate in the creation of platforms which allow the sharing of information concerning adverse events in healthcare and to, encourageing the use of all relevant data collection mechanisms (including those based on confidential declar, whilst ensuring such activities respect relevant European data protection legislations);