Introdução: A higiene das mãos (HM) tem sua importância reconhecida por contribuir para prevenção de várias Infecções Relacionadas à Assistência à Saúde (IRAS). Mesmo assim, a adesão a essa prática continua sendo um desafio constante nos diversos serviços de saúde e, nesse contexto, um i...
Objetivo: Investigar os fatores de risco para infecções relacionadas à assistência entre pacientes internados em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva de uma capital do Norte do Brasil. Métodos: Estudo de coorte prospectiva, com 267 pacientes internados no período de 01 de outubro de 201...
Resumo: O SARS-CoV-2, identificado em janeiro de 2020, disseminou-se rapidamente, dando origem a uma pandemia em escala mundial que vitimou mais de 700 mil pessoas no Brasil e 6 milhões no mundo. A Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica (PAV) foi frequente entre os pacientes críticos. Este estud...
Background and objectives: inanimate surfaces and equipment in the hospital environment are considered reservoirs of resistant and pathogenic microorganisms. In Pediatric Intensive Care Units, the risk of infection is also related to the severity of pathologies associated with the immaturity of the immun...
Objective. The present study examined the effect of an interventional program underpinned by the Health Belief Model (HBM) on nurses’ awareness, attitude, and performance in preventing nosocomialinfections.Methods. This randomized controlled trial study was performed on...
Background and objectives: colonization by extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients is considered a risk factor for infections, and poses as a source of spreading these strains in hospital facilities. This study aimed to perform the genet...
Justification and Objectives: despite the importance of companions/visitors for hospitalized patients under specific precautions, it is noted that risks of exposure and dissemination of microorganisms in health services by this population are still incipient in the literature. Thus, the objective was to ...
Background and Objectives: Recently, complementary resources and equipment have emerged to improve prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Our aim is to verify availability and use of different resources/ equipment by infection controllers. Methods: We conducted a survey with infection con...
La gestión hospitalaria en el marco de la Pandemia planteó nuevos desafíos a los hospitales a partir de la Seguridad en la Atención de los
pacientes y en particular de los Equipos de Salud. Para hablar de estos Nuevos Desafíos es pertinente comentar algunos Conceptos Básicos y partir de Viejos Desa...
Abstract Background: Mobile phones in hospital settings have been identified as an important source of cross-contamination because of the low frequency with which mobile phones are cleaned by health workers and cyclical contamination of the hands and face. The aim of this study was to investigate whethe...
