Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo

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Experts

Learning Resources

Trainings: Training and Skills Development

Primary purpose: To organize training events for employees and external professionals, and to create a register of external teachers for teaching positions within training projects.

Target audience: Employees of the hospital, and in some cases, external professionals.

Access Information: Information [2].

Classes: Hospital School

Primary purpose: To ensure that hospitalized children and adolescents have the right to education by providing a "hospital school" system, allowing them to continue their studies while receiving medical care, thereby maintaining a sense of normalcy, identity, and continuity.

Target audience: Hospitalized children and adolescents.

Access Information: Information [3].

Novel Therapies and Diagnostics Methods

Diagnostics

Radiology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine CT scanners Yes
Machine MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) Yes
Machine Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) Yes
Machine Ultrasound Yes
Technique Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) Yes
Technique Stereostatic biopsy Yes
Technique Ultrasound guided biopsy Yes
Technique EBUS-TBNA Yes
Technique E/S Fine-needle biopsy Yes
Technique Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) Yes
Technique Angiography Yes
Nuclear Medicine
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine Pet Scan Yes
Machine PET CT Yes
Machine SPECT Yes
Technique Bone scintigraphy Yes
Pathology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine Electron microscopy Yes
Technique FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) Yes
Technique Cytometry Yes
Technique Liquid biopsy Yes
Technique Cytogenetics Yes
Pathology: Molecular Tests
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Technique PGR Yes
Technique KI-67 Yes
Technique PI3KCA Yes
Technique KRAS Yes
Technique BRAF Yes
Technique EGFR Yes
Technique HER2 status Yes
Others
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Technique Bronchoscopy Yes
Technique Colposcopy Yes
Technique Colonoscopy Yes
Technique Vulvoscopy Yes

Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources

Associations List

Primary purpose: The website provides a list of the active patient associations in the hospital.

Access Information: Information [4].

Resource: Religious Service

Primary purpose: To provide religious and spiritual support to patients and hospital staff through chaplaincy services, including regular visits to the sick, administering sacraments, and holding religious ceremonies.

Access Information: Information [5].

Resource: Cultural and linguistic mediators

Primary purpose: To facilitate communication for foreign patients by providing interpreters when requested by the Nursing Coordinator.

Access Information: Information [6].

Facility: Police Station

Primary purpose: To provide security and law enforcement services within the polyclinic's Accident and Emergency Department, ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff.

Access Information: Information [7].

Facility: BibLions Library

Primary purpose: To offer a dedicated library space for patients, families, medical professionals, and staff at the Polyclinic, aiming to support information access, education, and cultural enrichment for those within the hospital.

Access Information: Information [8].

Facility: Internal Bus

Primary purpose: To provide a public minibus service (Line 9) that connects the external car park to the main entrance of the Policlinico, facilitating convenient transportation within the facility.

Access Information: Information [9].