Table 3.
IRC-19 interventions group according to five Italian regions involved in the study (PPE, Personal Protective Equipment).
| Region | Safety (health care workers/patients) | Flow management | Humanization of care |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lombardia | • Safety - Wash points for hands hygiene - Changing rooms for health care workers - Waiting room - External canopy - Workroom with a personal computer station - Radiolucent stretchers, mattresses, washable cushions - Movable dividers to ensure privacy for patients - Maternal and fetal multi-parametric monitors - Video surveillance system in patients' room - Breast pumps - Neonatal heating mats |
• Structural changes - Refurbishment and integration of horizontal and vertical external signs for the access-exit routes - Movable dividers - Automatic doors |
• Digitization - Tablets - Smartphones |
| Trentino Alto—Adige | • Safety - Wooden prefabricated where health care workers can wear uniforms and PPE • Training - JUST IN TIME course • Wellbeing - FIT4CARE course |
• Structural changes
- Automated doors |
• Structural changes
- Wooden prefabricated house to schedule visits with relatives - Glazed windows areas to allow interactions between residents and to schedule visits with relatives |
| Veneto | • Structural changes
- Gazebo to guarantee outdoor activities for residents and meeting with relatives |
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| Emilia—Romagna | • Safety - Personal computers, tablets, speaker phone, wide-angle webcam, wireless keyboard/mouse to implement information system technology • Training - JUST IN TIME course • Wellbeing - FIT4CARE course |
• Structural changes
- Plasterboard - Doors - Tents |
• Digitization - Multi-media units to allow telemedicine and virtual meetings between patients and their relatives - Wi-Fi system |
| Marche | • Safety - Wash-points for hands hygiene - PPE storage cabinet - Lockers for health care workers with double compartments (clean/dirty) - Wi-Fi to allow data transmission and video calls - Personal computers, tablets, printers, to implement information system technology - Sanitizable chairs - Furniture for the storage of contaminated waste • Training - JUST IN TIME course • Wellbeing - FIT4CARE course |
• Structural changes
- Automated doors, movable dividers - Cabinet for storage of sanitizing materials - Microwave oven to allow the heating of infusion liquids and drugs - Freezers that allow to eliminate pre-packaged ice packs that occupy large volumes of space - Thermometers that allow to monitor the temperature for the storage of drugs - Furnishing accessories (chairs, tables) |
• Structural changes
- Furnished room to allow communication between healthcare workers and relatives • Digitization - Tablets to allow video calls - Smart TV for living room and for patients isolated in their rooms • Others - Sanitizable toys for occupational therapy for patients suffering from cognitive impairment |