ABSTRACT Objective: to report the transformation process of a surgical inpatient unit into a coronavirus patient care unit and the impact on the health of nursing professionals and users of this service, in the opinion of nurses who experienced the process. Method: this is an experience report of nurses of a surgical inpatient unit of a Federal Teaching Hospital in the Midwest region of Brazil. The experience w...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify whether nursing professionals carry out hand hygiene, how they do it, and what resources are available for this practice during home visits. Method: cross-sectional study conducted in a public Home Care service. The World Health Organization instrument was used to observe the hand hygiene technique, the time of performance, and the product used. Results: a total of 940 hand hygie...
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize teaching about patient safety and standard precautionary measures for infection prevention and control in undergraduate nursing courses. Method: A descriptive documentary analysis study carried out in undergraduate courses, with a concept equal to or greater than three in the National Student Performance Exam and in the Preliminary Course Concept, located in the state of Goiá...
RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar a epidemiologia do abandono do acompanhamento clínico-laboratorial entre os trabalhadores da área da saúde que sofreram acidente com material biológico. Método: Estudo de coorte realizado a partir dos acidentes de trabalho com material biológico notificados em Goiânia/Goiás. Os dados foram analisados no Stata com estatística descritiva e analítica. Resultados: Dos 8.596 acidentes notif...
Resumo Objetivo: Determinar a carga microbiana de tubos de silicone imediatamente após a limpeza e em diferentes intervalos de armazenamento. Métodos: Estudo experimental que analisou tubos de silicone oriundos da assistência ao paciente cirúrgico. Foi conduzido após aprovação do Comitê de Ética (protocolo n° 1.277.077), no período de setembro a novembro de 2015, com tubos oriundos do Centro de Material e Ester...
RESUMO Objetivo: caracterizar os momentos nos quais há necessidade de higienização das mãos (HM) por trabalhadores que atuam em Centro de Material e Esterilização (CME). Método: foi realizado um estudo transversal, descritivo, no CME de um hospital de grande porte, de julho a novembro de 2012, em Goiânia - GO. Dados obtidos por observação dos trabalhadores, seguindo check list, previamente avaliado e testado. R...
ABSTRACT The objectives of this study were to identify the types of gloves the nursing team uses for the manual cleaning of health products and to identify the perforation rates in procedure/surgical gloves used for this purpose. Cross-sectional and descriptive, descriptive study with quantitative approach was developed at a large hospital in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. In total, 300 procedure/surgical gloves (Grou...
Resumo Objetivo Identificar a presença de contaminação em torniquetes para punção intravenosa periférica e caracterizar o perfil dosStaphylococcus spp. e leveduras isolados. Métodos Estudo transversal que inseriu análise de 18 torniquetes para punção intravenosa periférica em uso no hospital. Os torniquetes foram imersos em caldo BHI por 24h e cultivados em meios seletivos para isolamento e identificação de Sta...
Cross-sectional descriptive study with a quantitative approach, whose objectives were to identify those responsible for the care of sterilized healthcare products after their distribution to inpatient units, structural and material resources available for transportation and storage, and to describe the care given to transport and storage of sterilized healthcare products in inpatient units, and the occurrence o...
The aim of the study was to analyze epidemiological and microbiological aspects of oral colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus of health care workers in a cancer hospital. Interview and saliva sampling were performed with 149 health care workers. Antimicrobial resistance was determined by disk diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration. Polymerase Chain Reaction, Internal Transcribed Spacer-Po...