Why and how to open intensive care units to family visits during the pandemic

Giovanni Mistraletti; Alberto Giannini; Giuseppe Gristina; Paolo Malacarne; Davide Mazzon; Elisabetta Cerutti; Alessandro Galazzi; Ilaria Giubbilo; Marco Vergano; Vladimiro Zagrebelsky; Luigi Riccioni; Giacomo Grasselli; Silvia Scelsi; Maurizio Cecconi; Flavia Petrini

doi:10.1186/s13054-021-03608-3

Critical Care (Jun 2021)

Why and how to open intensive care units to family visits during the pandemic

Giovanni Mistraletti,
Alberto Giannini,
Giuseppe Gristina,
Paolo Malacarne,
Davide Mazzon,
Elisabetta Cerutti,
Alessandro Galazzi,
Ilaria Giubbilo,
Marco Vergano,
Vladimiro Zagrebelsky,
Luigi Riccioni,
Giacomo Grasselli,
Silvia Scelsi,
Maurizio Cecconi,
Flavia Petrini

Affiliations

Giovanni Mistraletti: Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano
Alberto Giannini: Unit of Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Children’s Hospital, ASST Spedali Civili
Giuseppe Gristina: Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Reanimation, and Intensive Care Medicine (SIAARTI) Ethics
Paolo Malacarne: U.O. Anesthesia and Intensive Care, AOU Pisana
Davide Mazzon: UOC Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Belluno Hospital
Elisabetta Cerutti: Department of Anesthesia and Transplant, Surgical Intensive Care, AOU Ospedali Riuniti
Alessandro Galazzi: Direction of Healthcare Professions, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Ilaria Giubbilo: General and Neurosurgical ICU, Ospedale dell’Angelo, AULSS 3 Serenissima Veneto
Marco Vergano: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital
Vladimiro Zagrebelsky: Director, Laboratorio dei Diritti Fondamentali, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Luigi Riccioni: ICU 4, AO San Camillo-Forlanini
Giacomo Grasselli: Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano
Silvia Scelsi: Chair Aniarti, Director of Health Profession Department, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Maurizio Cecconi: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University
Flavia Petrini: SIAARTI President - Retired Full Professor of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Chieti-Pescara University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03608-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

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Abstract Since the lockdown because of the pandemic, family members have been prohibited from visiting their loved ones in hospital. While it is clearly complicated to implement protocols for the admission of family members, we believe precise strategic goals are essential and operational guidance is needed on how to achieve them. Even during the pandemic, we consider it a priority to share strategies adapted to every local setting to allow family members to enter intensive care units and all the other hospital wards.

Published in Critical Care

ISSN: 1364-8535 (Print); 1466-609X (Online)
Publisher: BMC
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Website: https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/

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