ESO Certification Committee_Apostolos Safouris

Dr. PhD Apostolos Safouris: We at the European Stroke Organisation are confident that Stroke Unit and Stroke Centre certification in Europe is crucial to enhance the quality of care all over the European countries. First of all, it's important for the patients to be treated in centres units that have shown through the accreditation process that they have interdisciplinary teams. They have protocols and these protocols are up to date and they have the will also and they have shown the quality to treat patients with acute stroke. Through this process. The collaboration of different parts of the stroke unit at the Stroke Centre is enhanced. You may have the opportunity to review the protocols not only for the physicians, but also for the nurses, the imaging protocols. And you can may find also gaps in your the usual way you treat patients through all this. We think that confidence from patients, their families and the communities around the struggling, in the Stroke Centre is enhanced. You can show through this ESO Certification badge that you are committed to excellence to improving health care. And this is a major bonus for you and your colleagues. We are at the accreditation committee ready to accept any, submission from any European country. And we're here to help you through the process in order to show that you are committed to improving stroke health care.