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Ocorrência e fatores associados para infecção de sítio cirúrgico em colecistect...

Objective: identify the occurrence and risk factors related with surgical site infection in patients submitted to videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy. Methods: descriptive study developed at a private hospital, involving 118 patients. For the data collection, a tool was elaborated that was submitted to face and content validation. For the data analysis, the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was...

Análise das anotações do enfermeiro em uma unidade de terapia intensiva

This is a retrospective study of the nurse’s notes taken when patients are admitted to the Intensive Therapy Unit of a teaching hospital in the state of Paraná. As secondary database, we used the files of patients hospitalized in the second semester of 2002. Among the 241 collected files, 187 (77.6%) contained the printed version of the nurse’s notes. Most notes were identified by the nurse’s rubrics (50.3%) or...

Programa de Intervenção e Educação em Saúde Antibullying (PIESA): validação atr...

Para a construção de um modelo prático de intervenção antibullying é necessário dotar as escolas com instrumentos institucionais, pedagógicos e disciplinares, para que possam concretizar sua função formativa e socializadora. Para tanto é fundamental envolver a gestão escolar, estabelecer espaços de discussão a partir do seu projeto educativo e contemplar experiências lúdicas, como um dos eixos do trabalho educa...

Factors related to blood pressure measurements of individuals with hypertension...

This descriptive study with a quantitative approach was performed with 75 individuals with arterial systemic hypertension following ambulatory treatment. The objective was to obtain the blood pressure measurements and relate them to sociodemographic, anthropometric, and life style variables. Data collection was performed between September of 2008 and April of 2009 through individual interviews and measurements....

Evaluation of prevention and control measures for ventilator-associated pneumonia

Detección de Staphylococcus aureus en la boca de trabajadores de la limpieza ho...

This study assessed the prevalence of colonization by Staphylococcus aureus in hospital housekeepers, and their knowledge and beliefs regarding this problem. Three saliva samples were collected and a questionnaire regarding knowledge and beliefs was applied. Of the 92 workers, 63 (68.5%) participated in the study; 20 were not and 43 were colonized; 13 by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and 30 by met...

Colonization of nursing professionals by Staphylococcus aureus

This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the presence of Staphylococcus aureus in the saliva of the nursing team of a teaching hospital in the interior of São Paulo State. Three saliva samples were collected from 351 individuals with an interval of two months between each collection. All ethical aspects were considered. In 867 (82.3%) cultures there was no identification of Staphylococcus aureus in the s...

Evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of criteria for isolation of pati...

Early isolation of patients possibly colonized by multi-resistant microorganisms can minimize their spread, reducing cases of hospital infection and the related costs. This study aimed to identify the sensitivity and specificity of the criteria for isolation of patients admitted to a specialized cancer hospital. Cross-sectional study with a population of 61 patients coming from other hospitals who were admitted...

Evaluación de las medidas de prevención y control de neumonía asociada a ventil...

This study aimed to evaluate the quality of health care delivered in an Intensive Care Unit, concerning the use of pneumonia prevention and control measures in high-risk patients on mechanical ventilation. In this descriptive and exploratory research, 839 observations of patients under invasive ventilation care were carried out, between November 2009 and January 2010, using the Indicator of Evaluation of Adhere...

Análise dos aspectos organizacionais de um serviço de urgências clínicas: estud...

Demand for the Emergency Department (ED) has increased, making the organization of work difficult. This quantitative, descriptive and documental study identifies and analyzes the characteristics of clinical care in the ED of a General Hospital in Ribeirão Preto, SP, in 2007, according to organizational variables. The study population included all clinical care consultations registered in the Hospital Management...