News Digest 01.04.2024 — 03.04.2024
Regulators
Standards for sterilization of medical devices will be developed on the basis of the Institute of Disinfectology of Rospotrebnadzor
The Technical Committee for Standardization (TC 383) “Sterilization of Medical Products” began its work on the basis of the Institute of Disinfectology of the Federal Scientific Center for Hygiene named after. F.F. Erisman Rospotrebnadzor. The committee's tasks include activities on national, interstate and international standardization.
The work will be carried out in collaboration with scientific, industrial and public organizations, as well as with government authorities. They may submit their proposals to the Technical Committee. In particular, these may be initiatives to develop a new state standard for the sterilization of medical devices, as well as comments on the need to revise outdated and irrelevant standards.
The official website of the Institute of Disinfectology contains information about sterilization standards, a work program, a set of rules and other documents that will guide the Technical Committee. The full list is available to all interested parties - manufacturers, medical, scientific organizations, etc.
In Russia, the sterilization of medical devices, among others, is carried out by the structures of the state corporation Rosatom. Thus, in August 2023, Rusatom Healthcare (part of the Rosatom State Corporation, which accumulates solutions in the field of healthcare, medical equipment and sterilization) consolidated ownership of the Akcentre group of companies, specializing in the treatment of food and disposable medical products with ionizing radiation. In 2022, Rusatom Healthcare acquired the share of Aktsentr, which, according to preliminary data, amounted to 50%.
Currently, the state corporation’s subsidiary is independently deploying processing complexes at PharmMedPolis RT in Kazan, Obninsk, Kaluga Region, and Lytkarino, Moscow Region.
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The Krasnodar region will receive 100 million rubles for the purchase of screening systems for assessing the body
The Government of the Russian Federation will allocate 100 million rubles from the reserve fund to the Krasnodar Territory for the purchase of hardware and software complexes for the body’s screening system and testing the level of physical fitness. The order states that in 2024, at least 33 units of equipment should be supplied to the region using this amount.
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade will control the targeted and effective use of the subsidy.
Using hardware and software systems, it is possible to determine a person’s predisposition to the most suitable sports and assess the level of health for physical activity. The devices also allow you to monitor the level of functional and psychophysiological state of athletes, the highest achievements in express mode. In addition, the functionality of the equipment includes identifying the level of fitness and adaptation potential.
The products can also be used in physical education classes in schools to prevent deaths during classes. This problem has been raised since 2016, when more than two hundred schoolchildren died during physical education lessons. In the same year, the State Duma Committee on Health Protection announced its intention to revive school medicine. In October 2016, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, in response to the initiative, proposed sending not doctors, but nurses with higher medical education to work in schools.
In September 2019, the Ministry of Health developed a standard for professional education in the area of “school medicine”. The document assumed that from February 2020 academic year, all medical universities in the country will be able to begin training future school paramedics in a bachelor's degree program.
In May 2023, the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy, Olga Zabralova, announced the start of work on the return of school medicine, equipping and re-equipping medical offices in educational institutions. The program was planned to be prepared by the end of 2023.
Sechenov University won a grant of 300 million rubles for a project to develop biomedicine
First Moscow State Medical University named after. Sechenov will receive a grant for the implementation of a major scientific project. The funds are allocated for three years.
Scientists of the First Moscow State Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenov won a grant from the Ministry of Education and Science for 300 million rubles. for scientific research in the field of biomedicine and the creation of three-dimensional bioprinting systems, the university press service reported on April 2. The project manager is First Vice-Rector Andrey Svistunov.
The research will be conducted within the framework of the Organ-to-Order megaproject. In addition to scientists from Sechenov University, the University of Science and Technology MISIS, the Institute of Gene Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as researchers from Iran, Brazil and China will participate in them.
The subsidy was provided to the university for three years (100 million rubles per year) with the possibility of extension for another two years.
A total of 303 applications were submitted for the competitive selection. The winners were scientific projects from 50 scientific organizations and universities, the First Moscow State Medical University being the only medical university of the Ministry of Health among them.
In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, hospitals in the region are using new medical equipment and vehicles
As part of the implementation of the National Healthcare Project, the Territorial Authority of Roszdravnadzor for the Tyumen Region, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug constantly monitors its implementation in the region. Thus, this year, 475 units of medical equipment were purchased in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug under the “Healthcare” national project. Deliveries of modern equipment to medical institutions have already begun.
Under the primary healthcare modernization program, the region will receive 458 units of medical equipment and nine vehicles for outpatient services.
Hospitals in the region will be equipped with endoscopic, laboratory, physiotherapeutic, ophthalmological equipment, equipment for surgical interventions, X-rays and fluorographs. The update is planned in all medical organizations.
Another 16 units of equipment were purchased as part of the fight against cardiovascular diseases. The Novy Urengoy hospital is expected to receive a stabilization platform and rehabilitation simulators for recovery after vascular accidents, as well as multifunctional beds.
Under the “Fight Against Cancer” program, a mobile ward X-ray will be supplied to the district hospital.
The territorial body of Roszdravnadzor continues to monitor the activities of the National Healthcare Project.
Source: https://t.me/roszdravnadzor_official/2391
An Indian company will launch localized production of medical consumables on Sakhalin
In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, it is planned to launch localized production of diapers and medical consumables in November this year. Governor Valery Limarenko entered into an agreement with the Indian company PSK Biotech Private Limited, the region’s press service reports. The project will reduce Sakhalin’s dependence on imported technical means of rehabilitation and reduce the time it takes to provide them to people with disabilities.
The parties also agreed to establish direct cooperation between pharmaceutical companies of the republic and the island region. In the future, Indian business is considering launching full-fledged pharmaceutical production on Sakhalin.
In January, the Ministry of Eastern Development announced that two Indian companies were interested in launching production in Russia. We are talking about Torrent Pharmaceuticals and Cadila Pharmaceuticals, which are considering the possibility of opening sites in Arkhangelsk and Sakhalin, respectively.
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Sechenov University and Sberbank will launch educational programs on digital doctor skills, AI and telemedicine
Specialists from the Institute of Leadership and Healthcare Management and the Center for Digital Medicine of Sechenov University, together with the companies SberEducation, SberZdorovye, SberMedII, the MDG group of companies and the AIRI Institute of Artificial Intelligence, launched new additional professional education programs “Digital skills of a doctor in modern medicine”, “Artificial intelligence in medicine and practical doctor’s activities” and “Telemedicine technologies in medicine”.
Training is conducted in an online format based on the Edutoria platform. After completing the course and successfully passing the exam, students are sent a certificate of advanced training from Sechenov University.
Health care organizers, practicing doctors and researchers, students, graduate students and medical residents can become participants in the program. The duration of the courses is 16 academic hours. The programs are already included in the list of the Portal of Continuing Medical and Pharmaceutical Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
The initiative was implemented under the Priority 2030 program and the strategic project “Network for the Development of Best Practices in Medicine, Science and Education”
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