Long awaited and strongly demanded, the measure approved by the Committee on July 8th (which had already received approval from both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies) includes penalties of up to 16 years in prison and fines of up to €5,000 for those who assault doctors or healthcare workers on duty. It also mandates the monitoring of so-called “sentinel events,” which often precede acts of violence. Furthermore, as Sileri notes, “it establishes the National Observatory to monitor safety conditions and the implementation of prevention and protection measures for the benefit of doctors, nurses, and healthcare operators.” Among the new provisions, the deputy minister adds, “the bill defines personal injury inflicted on healthcare professionals while performing their duties, both in public and private facilities; it specifies aggravating and mitigating circumstances.” The bill also promotes “correct communication and information to address and prevent instances of aggression and violence.” To this end, it establishes a National Day of Education and Prevention against violence toward healthcare workers.
Localization technology, combined with monitoring and call management, is an effective solution for combating the increasingly frequent assaults in high-risk areas (such as emergency rooms, psychiatry, etc.).
For this reason, TapMylife has long provided a specific solution for monitoring and preventing episodes of aggression against healthcare staff, particularly (but not exclusively) in high-risk areas like emergency rooms.
The objectives of TapMylife’s OPERATOR SAFETY solution offer hospitals:
- AN IMMEDIATE AND EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR LOCATED EMERGENCY CALLS: Ensuring operator safety while respecting workplace privacy.
- Localized Calls: Directly to internal security or surveillance forces.
- Fall Detection Sensors: For monitoring falls.
The traceability of alarms is a highly parametric and detailed process integrated into the facility’s safety procedures.
Combining prevention technology with potential penalties is certainly the right approach to tackling the increasingly frequent problem of assaults on healthcare staff. This ensures that healthcare professionals can work with the necessary calm in particularly sensitive contexts, where it is essential (and obligatory) for the healthcare facility to ensure that its staff can focus solely on medical care.
