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Allgemeines Krankenhaus Viersen GmbH

Klinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde

Information and services of the department

Number of cases

Number of inpatient cases: 312

Staffing

Doctors m/f (including affiliated doctors): 4,00

Nursing staff: 0,00

Specialist expertise and further training

Medical expertiseSpecialist training and additional training
Nursing expertiseFurther education / academic degrees and additional qualifications

Medical service offering with case numbers

Top 10 illnesses

Illness	Number of cases
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.2)	99
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	54
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	33
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils with hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.3)	28
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	22
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates (J34.3)	21
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic maxillary sinusitis (J32.0)	11
Fracture of skull and facial bones (S02.2)	8
Diseases of vocal cords and larynx not elsewhere classified - Polyp of vocal cord and larynx (J38.1)	6
Chronic laryngitis and laryngotracheitis - Chronic laryngitis (J37.0)	4

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.3)	187
Surgical removal of the (enlarged) adenoids (without removal of the tonsils) (5-285.0)	123
Surgical incision into the eardrum (tympanic membrane) (5-200.4)	98
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	93
Operation on the maxillary sinuses (5-221.1)	34
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.5)	32
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.1)	17
Operation on several paranasal sinuses (5-224.63)	14
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.0)	14
Surgical removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the larynx (5-300.2)	13

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2600

Type of specialist department

Inpatient department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ06

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
80	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
80	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
80	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Das AKH Viersen ist Lehrkrankenhaus der Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Wir stellen einen Praxisplatz für die Ausbildung zum/zur ATA zur Verfügung.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Wir stellen Praxisplätze für die Ausbildung zum/zur OTA zur Verfügung.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Seit 2020 bietet das AKH Viersen die Ausbildung als Pflegefachmann/Pflegefachfrau an. Die Kurse starten im März und im September. Der theoretische Teil der Ausbildung erfolgt an der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Viersen GmbH.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Ab 2020 bietet das AKH Viersen die Ausbildung als Pflegefachmann/Pflegefachfrau an. Der theoretische Teil der Ausbildung erfolgt an der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Viersen.