The Catalan Institute of Health (ICS) has organised a conference to present the ERAS programme, which prepares patients for better functional recovery after surgery. Regarding the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the programme’s results and implementation model were presented. In this model, the coordinating role of the nurse stands out

The new Transversal Unit for the Study of the Human Microbiome (UTMAH) will promote microbiota transplantation and research to be used in different pathologies. The Unit is involved in the development of a pioneering microbiota transplantation system that replaces colonoscopy transfer with capsules that can be ingested by the patient

On 30 March, the antimicrobial-use optimisation programme VINCat PROA Sociosanitari (Nursing Home) was presented in the auditorium of the Bellvitge University Hospital

On 31 March and 1 April, the 27th Catalan National Emergency Medicine Congress by the Catalan Society of Emergency Medicine (SoCMUE) is taking place at the Hotel Melià Sitges auditorium

Haemophilus influenzae is an important pathogenic bacterium that colonizes the human respiratory tract. This bacterium may be surrounded by a capsule of sugars, an important virulence factor that divides H. influenzae strains into two groups: capsulated and non-capsulated. Within this second group, six serotypes (a-f) have been distinguished based on the composition of their sugars

Nearly a hundred professionals from different medical and nursing services of the Bellvitge and Viladecans hospitals and the South Metropolitan Primary Care have participated in the first two training sessions of the Strack project. This Innovative Public Procurement project proposes a comprehensive approach to the patient in the first year after having suffered a stroke