Two studies have shown that more than one billion people live with visual impairment and preventable blindness because they do not have access to timely and properly planned vision health care services. The international group of experts on vision loss, Vision Loss Expert Group (VLEG) and the Institute...
By: Fernanda Grou, specialized nurse in stomatherapy at the Local Health Unit in Baixo Alentejo Performing a colostomy is a difficult thing! To clarify your doubts and fears, you can count on the collaboration of the stoma nurse, who will support you throughout the adaptation process....
The return to school is seen by parents as something of a concern and requires many safety and hygiene standards, especially in an atypical year like this. Vision should not be neglected from this care. "In the classroom a visual deficit can be preventing learning and...
“The term ostomy is used to designate the opening built for externalization to the skin of a hollow viscera, through a surgical intervention, with the aim of creating a path”, explains Isabel Morais, president of the Portuguese Association of Nurses in Stomatherapy Care (APECE), in...
The “Salva Vidas” campaign aims to warn of the lack of recognition for the symptoms of bowel cancer. To combat this situation, the bowel cancer screening campaign will take place during the months of September and October, in 63 Holon Pharmacies and Europacolon Portugal, with...
The Portuguese Association of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (APDI), the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology (SPG) and the Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (GEDII) join for the World Day of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, celebrated yesterday, the 19th of May. The anniversary is dedicated to the challenge...
Biotest participates in the intersectoral initiative of the pharmaceutical industry with the aim of producing life-saving drugs derived from the plasma of cured COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 is also developing a therapy for patients with severe disease with Trimodulin. ...
Published: March 25, 2020 Tags: Coronavirus / stoma Categories: News We are continuing to monitor the coronavirus situation closely and take all necessary precautions to keep our employees, customers and partners safe. The UK Government has now issued more stringent instructions for anyone who is...
The current situation surrounding COVID-19 is evolving on a daily basis. The Health, Safety and… Published: March 16, 2020 Tags: Coronavirus / COVID-19 / Manufacturing Categories: News The current situation surrounding COVID-19 is evolving on a daily basis. The Health, Safety and Wellbeing of...
https://www.aptferidas.com/geral/paginas.aspx?cod=224&Redirect%20=%20true In response to the numerous appeals and concerns expressed by health professionals regarding skin lesions caused by the frequent and continuous use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and after listening to several international experts, the Portuguese Wound Treatment Association (APTFeridas) prepared the document "PREPI RECOMMENDATION...