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Sustained reduction of healthcare-associated infections after the introduction of a bundle for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in medical-surgical intensive care units

Braz. j. infect. dis; 24 (5), 2020
Abstract Background Infection control interventions can be erroneously interpreted if outcomes are assessed in short periods. Also, statistical methods usually applied to compare outcomes before and after interventions are not appropriate for analyzing time series. Aims To analyze the impact of a bundl...

Healthcare-associated infections in a cardiac surgery service in brazil

Abstract Objectives: The study aimed to determine the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and their sites in a cardiac surgery service, as well as to determine if gender and age were risk factors for infection and to quantify mortality and increase in the hospital length of stay (LOS) du...

In vitro effectiveness of an aqueous extract of neem (azadirachta indicaa. juss) leaves on bacteria causing healthcare associated infection in Valledupar

Vitae (Medellín); 27 (3), 2020
Background: Globally,the need to address strategies for preventing infections associated with health care has increased worldwide. In the city of Valledupar, Colombia, reports of bacteria resistant to chemical or enzymatic biocides in hospital environments and surfaces are increasingly frequent, evidenci...

Gérmenes aislados en pacientes ingresados en la terapia intensiva del Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Provincial Dr. Joaquín Albarrán
Germs isolated from intensive care patients at Dr. Joaquín Albarrán Provincial Clinical Surgical Hospital

Introducción: Las infecciones asociadas a los cuidados sanitarios en los servicios de atención al paciente crítico se asocian a un alto riesgo de muerte y costos significativos. Objetivo: Identificar los gérmenes más frecuentes en los cultivos y su resistencia a los antimicrobianos en la terapia in...

Microbiological characteristics of infections in a group of colombian patients with oncological diagnosis, 2014 - 2016

Infectio; 24 (3), 2020
Objective: We aimed to describe the microbiological characteristics of infections in patients from an oncological center during 2.014-2.016. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, a total of 7.837 cultures corresponding to 1.216 patients were included. Microbiological and sociodemographic...

Infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde em pacientes internados em unidade de terapia intensiva cardiológica

Justificativa e Objetivos: As Infecções Relacionadas à Assistência à Saúde (IRAS) acometem milhares de pessoas em todo o mundo e são uma das principais causas de complicações em indivíduos hospitalizados. O objetivo deste estudo foi conhecer as características das IRAS em pacientes internados ...

Pneumonia associada à ventilação mecânica: evidências científicas

Justificativa e Objetivos: identificar os fatores relacionados à prevenção de Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica em pacientes de unidades de terapia intensiva. Método: revisão integrativa com buscas, nas bases de dados LILACS, MEDLINE, SCOPUS e BDENF, entre 2007 e 2016, por estudos que ap...

Cumplimiento del Protocolo de Lavado de Manos por profesionales de enfermería en un servicio de salud de la ciudad de Encarnación, marzo-julio del 2019

El cumplimiento del protocolo de lavado de manos evita las infecciones nosocomiales, mientras que el incumplimiento ocasiona consecuencias como el aumento de la morbimortalidad, la estancia hospitalaria, así como gastos adicionales al sistema sanitario y al usuario. Esto se puede prevenir con el lavado ...

COVID-19: Measures to prevent hospital contagion. what do urologists need to know?

Int. braz. j. urol; 46 (supl.1), 2020
ABSTRACT A new outbreak of respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus in late December 2019 in China caused standards of medical care to change not only for related areas but for the entire healthcare system, and when the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic new strategies of patient care had to b...

Gynecological surgery and Covid-19: what is the impact and how should I manage it?

Abstract It is estimated that around 28 million surgeries will be postponed or canceled worldwide as a result of this pandemic, causing a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of more than 2 million cancer cases. In Brazil, both the National Health Agency (ANS) and National Health Surveillance Agency (ANV...