Background and Objectives: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREf) is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for hospital infections, characterized by increasing prevalence and a lack of comprehensive epidemiological studies. We aimed to assess the occurrence of VREf and vancomycin resistance gen...
Introdução: Infecções nosocomiais, adquiridas após a internação hospitalar, são o evento adverso mais comum que ameaça a saúde dos pacientes hospitalizados, sendo a pneumonia, incluindo a causada pelo SARS-Cov-2, responsável por mais de 80% das infecções nosocomiais. A pandem...
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: given the great demand for hospitalization due to external causes, as well as the growing number of cases of infections in health services, it can be said that these are important issues and that they represent a huge challenge to be faced by professionals and health managers a...
Background and Objectives: bacterial resistance is an important public health problem worldwide and is related to the indiscriminate use of antimicrobials, limiting the available therapeutic options. The COVID-19 pandemic aggravated this scenario, since the lack of a standardized therapy led to a conside...
Objective: To analyze hand hygiene (HH) adherence indicators among healthcare professionals in a medical day care (MDC) and present strategies used to encourage this practice. Method: A cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in an MDC located in Salvador, Bahia. Data collection consisted of ...
Objective: To develop infographics as an educational technology to encourage good practices in safe surgery and prevention of healthcare-rela-ted infections. Method: Experience report on the production of informative infographics that present care indicators collected in epidemiological surveil-lance, ...
Introduction: Healthcare-associated infections pose a significant challenge, contributing to hospital morbidity and mortality. Objective: To describe the behavior of Healthcare Associated Infections before and during the pandemic reported to a high-complexity health institution in Colombia. Material and ...
