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Avaliação microbiológica de superfícies em terapia intensiva: reflexões sobre as estratégias preventivas de infecções nosocomiais

Objetivo: determinar o perfil microbiológico de bactérias isoladas e identificadas nos leitos e bombas infusoras na unidade de terapia intensiva de um hospital universitário do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Método: foram coletadas nove amostras de grades das camas dos pacientes e oito de teclados de bomb...

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clones persist on hospital inanimate surfaces

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most frequent Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens associated with hospital-acquired infection worldwide. We briefly describe A. baumannii isolates that were recovered from surrounding ICU bed surfaces, exhibiting multidrug resistance phenotype and belongin...

A bacteriological study of hospital beds before and after desinfection with phenolic disinfectant

In hospitals, one of the ways to control microbial contamination is by disinfecting the furniture used by patients. This study's main objective was to evaluate the microbiological condition of hospital mattresses before and after such disinfection, in order to identify bacteria that are epidemiologically...