Issued to BAXTER Italy the certification according to DTS 021 - HOMECARE - Governance and provision of the complete Home Parenteral Nutrition (NPD) service to support adult and pediatric patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals, with the support of OPT Spa - a consulting company with consolidated experience in the healthcare sector.
The certification is issued to BAXTER by CSQA and at the same time receives from ACS Italia , a publicly controlled certification body, also the certifications of the skills of the nursing staff employed in this service.
This is the first example of a Home Parenteral Nutrition Competence Center and certified with two internationally recognized standards. The service certification is developed along the lines of ISO 17065 and the certification of skills performed in accordance with ISO 17024.
For BAXTER: “ Saving and sustaining lives. Baxter has been pursuing this mission for almost 40 years thanks to the home parenteral nutrition service created in partnership with the National Health Service” comments Baxter's Homecare Director Western Europe Sonia Bogliolo.
“It is an honor for Baxter to have been the first to obtain the certification, issued by CSQA and ACS Italia, of the entire path of the integrated care model dedicated to patients on home parenteral nutrition. Our goal has always been to guarantee quality, safety and accuracy in the governance of the home parenteral nutrition process.” declares Baxter quality and regulatory director Southern Europe Massimiliano Gaudino .
Sonia Bogliolo continues “Being pioneers and innovators is never simple and implies a serious and continuous commitment to finding ideas for improvement and increasing the quality of the programs provided. Every day we work to provide a complete home program, including all the necessary components, such as a specialized and certified nursing service in the management of therapy in adult and pediatric patients, the supply of all the devices necessary for the correct management of the therapy, the parenteral nutrition bag, the necessary drugs, home delivery and holiday service. All governed by an IT platform, Janua, which allows for the real digitization of the patient's journey from the hospital to the home by connecting all the stakeholders ."
For OPT: "It is a source of great pride for OPT to have accompanied Baxter in the design and implementation of this virtuous path aimed at objectively enhancing the standards of Quality and competence offered to the patient in home parenteral nutrition - declares Gaia Navarra Head of the Quality and Certifications Area of OPT spa, a consulting company with consolidated experience in defining certifiable and accreditable Governance models in the healthcare sector. "The two Certifications obtained testify to the care, attention and commitment Baxter's constant in guaranteeing its stakeholders services that comply with the highest standards of quality and competence, with a view to continuous improvement " .
For CSQA: “ We are proud to have taken part in this innovative and delicate certification process, comments Pietro Bonato, CEO and General Manager of CSQA . We are a publicly controlled body and with our certification and inspection services, we operate in 33 countries around the world with the objective of quality, the protection of human health and compliance with rules and standards".
For ACS Italia: “ it is an important moment, says Massimo Dutto, CEO of ACS Italia, as it concerns a sector that cares about fragility. Being able to certify the skills of already highly qualified operators, including their expertise in the Home Parenteral Nutrition service, is a double certificate for us. As ACS Italia, a publicly controlled certification body, we are dedicated to the certification areas that have a positive impact on human life and fragility ”.
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