INTRODUCCIÓN: La higiene de manos (HM) es la principal medida para disminuir las IAAS, las que en las Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) presentan una alta prevalencia. En Chile no existe información sobre el impacto de la estrategia multimodal de la OMS para la HM en adultos. El objetivo fue evalua...
Infección Hospitalaria/prevención & control,
Infección Hospitalaria/epidemiología,
Desinfección de las Manos/métodos,
Organización Mundial de la Salud,
Estudios Longitudinales,
Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos/normas,
Neumonía Asociada al Ventilador/prevención & control,
Neumonía Asociada al Ventilador/epidemiología,
Infecciones Relacionadas con Catéteres/prevención & control,
Infecciones Relacionadas con Catéteres/epidemiología,
Infecciones Urinarias/prevención & control,
Infecciones Urinarias/epidemiología,
Dermatitis/prevención & control,
Dermatitis/epidemiología
INTRODUCCIÓN: La higiene de manos es la medida más eficaz para prevenir las infecciones asociadas al cuidado de la salud. Las actitudes hacia esta práctica tan sencilla, influyen en el grado de adherencia. OBJETIVO: Desarrollar y validar un instrumento para evaluar las actitudes hacia la higiene de ma...
Higiene de las Manos,
Estudiantes de Enfermería/psicología,
Infección Hospitalaria/prevención & control,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Actitud del Personal de Salud,
Estudios Transversales,
Análisis Factorial,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Psicometría,
Actitud Frente a la Salud,
Desinfección de las Manos
Background and Objectives: to identify the perceptions of nursing professionals who worked during the covid-19 pandemic regarding Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Hand Hygiene (HH), categorizing them by profession and region in Brazil. Method: An observational study was conducted from November...
Objective: To describe the microbiota of the hands of the cardiac surgery team after surgical hand scrubbing and glove removal at the end of the surgical procedure, and to compare this with adherence to the recommended surgical scrubbing time. Method: An observational study was car-ried out at two poi...
Las resistencias bacterianas a antimicrobianos representan uno de los principales problemas en la actualidad, encontrándose dentro de las principales causas de muerte en todo el mundo. Latinoamérica y Argentina, lejos de ser una excepción,presentan incidencias crecientes de infecciones por gérmenes r...
Abstract Objective: to investigate factors associated with digital health literacy, hand hygiene knowledge and behavior among Brazilian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: cross-sectional study with 473 adolescents aged 15 to 19. Data were collected virtually between June and August 202...
Background and objectives: does the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit have a favorable structure to sanitize the hands of health professionals? What is the perception of health professionals about the organizational safety of that sector? It aims to assess the structure for hand hygiene in an Intensive Care U...
Background and Objectives: in relation to hand hygiene, it is important to highlight the absence of documented investigations in the scientific literature that address the analysis of theses and dissertations related to this practice. This gap justifies the carrying out of this study, which aims to stren...
Background and Objective: the alcoholic preparation consumption indicator is a measure that can help monitor compliance with hand hygiene, however there is no guidance regarding the profile for application of consumption reference published by the World Health Organization for many health institutions. T...
Background and objectives: compliance and barriers to hand hygiene practice remains a challenge in health services, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This preventive measure needs to be encouraged at all levels of care to reduce health problems. This article aimed to identify the reasons for compl...
