ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the use of peripheral venous catheters based on microbiological analysis of devices (dressing and three-way stopcocks) and thus contribute to the prevention and infection control. Methods: this was a prospective study of microbiological analysis of 30 three-way stopcocks...
ABSTRACT Objective: identify nursing diagnoses in patients with immune-bullous dermatosis. Method: a quantitative and descriptive research, carried out in three institutions located in Rio de Janeiro and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, using the Client Assessment Protocol in Dermatology during a nursing ...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of three surface friction techniques for the removal of organic material. A quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study was developed to evaluate the presence or not of organic material before and after the cleaning and disinfection...
OBJECTIVE: to assess the efficiency of cleaning/disinfection of surfaces of an Intensive Care Unit.
METHOD: descriptive-exploratory study with quantitative approach conducted over the course of four weeks. Visual inspection, bioluminescence adenosine...
Objective: To evaluate the safety of the performance of the traditional and protected collection techniques of tracheal aspirate and to identify qualitative and quantitative agreement of the results of microbiological cultures between the techniques. Method: Clinical, prospective, comparative, single-bli...
Objective: identifying the knowledge, practice and nurses information sources about the care of patients with wounds. Method: a cross-sectional, descriptive and exploratory study performed in a university hospital in July 2010. The data were collected through an adapted questionnaire. The study included ...
O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar as práticas dos profissionais de enfermagem de terapia intensiva quanto à aspiração endotraqueal (AET) por sistema aberto. Métodos: Trata-se de uma pesquisa com enfoque quantitativo desenvolvida em um hospital universitário de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil, com 2...
Este estudo descritivo-exploratório, prospectivo, com abordagem quantitativa teve como objetivo verificar a adesão dos profissionais de enfermagem ao uso dos equipamentos de proteção individual na realização do procedimento de aspiração endotraqueal por sistema aberto. Os dados foram coletados at...
OBJETIVO: Verificar se existe contaminação por fungos antes e após limpeza e desinfecção terminal de colchões hospitalares utilizados por portadores de candidemia. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal que investigou 25 colchões de diferentes unidades hospitalares e utilizados por pacientes com candidemia,...
Aim: To evaluate the knowledge of nursing professionals in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) about endotracheal aspiration (ETA) for open system. Method: This an exploratory descriptive study in which a quantitative approach was used, performed in July 2011 in two ICUs of a large university hospital in Mato ...
