Scoppettuolo Giancarlo

Giancarlo Scoppettuolo is an Infectious Disease Consultant at the Catholic University Hospital, Rome, where he provides medical care, research and teaching. He is one of the scientific coordinators and teacher of the University Masters “Nursing of Venous Access” and “Medium and Long Term Central Venous Access Devices”, established at Catholic University, Rome. Since many years, he is one of national coordinators of GAVeCeLT (Italian Group for Long Term Venous Access, founded and coordinated by Mauro Pittiruti). In recent years, with Dr. Pittiruti, he has been particularly committed in the spread of knowledge about PICCs lines and Midlines in Italy, organizing many educational courses for nurses and physicians. From 2005, he is one of the coordinators of the Multi-professional CVC/PICC Team operating at the Catholic University Hospital. As a part of this team, Dr. Scoppettuolo inserts every year hundreds of PICCs and Midlines and is consultant in most wards of the hospital for VAD related infections. Dr. Scoppettuolo is also member of the Hospital Committee for Risk Management in preventing VAD related complications. He has presented papers and lectures in many National and International Conferences on Infectious Diseases, Vascular Access and Infusional Therapy. He is author and coauthor of more than 150 publications (papers, abstracts and book’s chapters).