Funding Information: We would like to thank Dr. Fernando Ferrari for carrying out the statistical analyses. This study was financed in part by the Coordena\u00E7\u00E3o de Aperfei\u00E7oamento de Pessoal de N\u00EDvel Superior \u2013 Brazil (CAPES) \u2013 Finance Code 001, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul-UFMS/MEC, Brazil, and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development \u2013 CNPq B...
Funding Information: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Nível Superior—CAPES. Code: 001. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors.; Acute diarrhea is the second leading cause of death among children in developing countries and is strongly related with the socioeconomic conditions of the population. In Brazil, data show a drop in the diarrhea mortality rate. Nevertheless, the northeastern region stil...
Funding Information: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—CAPES, Brazil; Código: 001. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors.; Adherence to hand hygiene procedures and the use of gloves is a problem that deserves to be analyzed from an individual and organizational point of view. For this, we aim to develop and validate an instrument for measuring the self-efficacy of health professio...
Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem.; Objective: to analyze evidence concerning the feasibility of antimicrobial-impregnated fabrics in preventing and controlling microbial transmission in health services. Method: An integrative review using the following databases: MEDLINE (via PubMed), Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, and...
We aimed to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention on the surface cleaning and disinfection of an emergency room. This is an interventional, prospective, longitudinal, analytical and comparative study. Data collection consisted of three stages (Stage 1—baseline, Stage 2—intervention and immediate assessment, Stage 3—long term assessment). For the statistical analysis, we used a significance level of...
Objective: To evaluate prescription receipts for antimicrobial prescriptions prescribed in primary healthcare units in a capital city in the Northeast region of Brazil. Method: An evaluative, analytical study. Information from the central distribution of essential medicines and the receipts of antimicrobial prescriptions were used. Results: There were 2,232 prescription receipts analyzed, in which metronidazole...
Funding Information: The present study was carried out with the support of the Brazilian Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES - PROEX).; Objective: To identify in the literature the tools used to measure self-efficacy of health professionals in hand hygiene. Methods: Integrative literature review carried out by consulting the databases PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cumulative ...