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O enfermeiro - líder no gerenciamento de risco para prevenção e controle de infecções em pacientes com câncer

Cogit. Enferm. (Online); 21 (3), 2016
O estudo objetivou elaborar estratégias de liderança em enfermagem voltadas à incorporação de medidas de prevenção e controle de infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde em pacientes com câncer. Pesquisa Convergente Assistencial desenvolvida num processo interativo com nove enfermeiros,...

Segregación de la ropa hospitalaria en origen usada por el paciente: revisión sistemática

ResumenIntroducción. La segregación y procesamiento de la ropa es un asunto vital tanto para los pacientes como para el recurso humano que labora en los hospitales y centros de salud y que manipula este material. El objetivo fue evaluar la efectividad del personal de enfermería respecto de la segregac...

Cateter venoso central de curta permanência: análise de 174 casos em unidade de transplante de medula óssea

Rev. AMRIGS; 60 (4), 2016
Introdução: O acesso venoso é um procedimento elementar e essencial tanto no atendimento hospitalar quanto no ambulatorial. Tal relevância pode ser destacada na assistência médica de pacientes oncológicos, na qual cateteres venosos para acesso central são utilizados com alta frequência. O objeti...

Clinical and microbiological characteristics of OXA-23- and OXA-143-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in ICU patients at a teaching hospital, Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT Background: Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAb) is an important cause of nosocomial infections especially in intensive care units. This study aimed to assess clinical aspects and the genetic background of CRAb among ICU patients at a Brazilian teaching hospital. Methods: 56 cri...

Los días de exposición a nutrición parenteral aumentan el riesgo de bacteriemia asociada a catéter venoso central

Rev. chil. infectol; 33 (6), 2016
Background: Infectious complications associated to central venous catheter (CVC) increase morbidity, mortality and costs. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is one of the risk factors described for catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI). The aim of this study was explore if TPN and time of exposit...

Brote por Serratia marcescens en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales: Guayaquil-Ecuador

Rev. chil. infectol; 33 (6), 2016
We report a Serratia marcescens outbreak occurred in the NICU of a pediatric hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Nine cases of infection were detected, from which septicemia was developed in 55.5%. The index case was a newborn derived from another institution with septic arthritis caused by the outbreak stra...

A randomized clinical trial on the effectiveness of a symbiotic product to decolonize patients harboring multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli

Abstract INTRODUCTION: We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a symbiotic product to decolonize the intestinal tract of patients harboring multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacilli and to prevent nosocomial infections. METHODS: This was a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical t...

Gravidade do déficit neurológico e incidência de infecções hospitalares em pacientes idosos com acidente vascular cerebral agudo

OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a associação entre gravidade do déficit neurológico/grau de incapacidade funcional e incidência de infecções hospitalares, tempo de permanência hospitalar e mortalidade, em pacientes idosos com acidente vascular cerebral agudo. MÉTODOS: Um estudo de coorte prospectivo avaliou ...

Caliciviruses in hospitalized children, São Luís, Maranhão, 1997-1999: detection of norovirus GII. 12

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Gastroenteritis is one of the most common diseases during childhood, with norovirus (NoV) and sapovirus (SaV) being two of its main causes. This study reports for the first time the incidence of these viruses in hospitalized children with and without gastroenteritis in São Luís, Maranhão. A t...

CTX-M extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Klebsiella spp, Salmonella spp, Shigella spp and Escherichia coli isolates in Iranian hospitals

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (3), 2016
Abstract This study was conducted in Iran in order to assess the distribution of CTX-M type ESBLs producing Enterobacteriaceae. From January 2012 to December 2013, totally 198 E. coli, 139 Klebsiella spp, 54 Salmonella spp and 52 Shigella spp from seven hospitals of six provinces in Iran were screened fo...