Issue N 1(6), 2018

The safety of patients in the provision of medical care for decorative (corrective) surgery: the Order No. 298n

Roshchin D.O., Plutnitskiy A.N.

In the Russian Federation there is an increase in the number medical organizations providing work (services) to plastic surgery, which determines of the population. Leader in essence providers of this profile medical care is the Moscow region, where this about 300 legal entities, of which the majority (75%) are private forms of ownership. In this case, in activities of medical organizations performing plastic surgery, often revealed violations mandatory requirements affecting quality and safety services, leading to serious complications, including disability and death of patients. Availability medical services at the expense of price reduction failure to comply with mandatory requirements, including licensing measures by Roszdravnadzor and law enforcement bodies in cases of substandard medical assistance can not be the only measure of prevention.
The current unfavorable situation accelerated adoption of a new procedure for the provision of medical the profile of "plastic surgery": July 3, 2018 comes into force order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation of May 31, 2018 "On approval of the Procedure for rendering medical assistance on the profile of "plastic surgery" in lieu of the revoked order of the Ministry of Health Of the Russian Federation of October 30, 2012 No 555n "On Approval Order of medical care on the profile "plastic surgery".

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