Construction and validation of an algorithm for disinfection of ambulances transporting patients with contagious infectious diseases
ABSTRACT Objectives: to develop and validate an algorithm to guide professionals in cleaning and disinfecting ambulances after transferring patients with contagious infectious diseases. Methods: the study was conducted between September and November 2021. The developed algorithm was validated by 1...
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2022-11-01
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| author | Geraldo Magela Salomé |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objectives: to develop and validate an algorithm to guide professionals in cleaning and disinfecting ambulances after transferring patients with contagious infectious diseases. Methods: the study was conducted between September and November 2021. The developed algorithm was validated by 104 judges, including nurses, physical therapists, and physicians who care for patients with contagious infectious diseases. It used the Delphi technique and content validity index. Results: in the first evaluation, the judges considered the algorithm “unsuitable” and “fully suitable”. The algorithm reviewed according to the judges’ suggestions was rated between “suitable” and “fully suitable” in the second evaluation. The overall content validity index was 0.960 and 0.998 in the first and second evaluations. Conclusions: the algorithm to guide the cleaning and disinfection of ambulances after transferring patients with contagious infectious diseases was developed and validated by specialists in the field, with consensus among the judges in the second evaluation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0aff5d85db7744d4903b89a7061f67232022-12-22T03:44:16ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04462022-11-0176suppl 110.1590/0034-7167-2022-0081Construction and validation of an algorithm for disinfection of ambulances transporting patients with contagious infectious diseasesGeraldo Magela Saloméhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7315-4866ABSTRACT Objectives: to develop and validate an algorithm to guide professionals in cleaning and disinfecting ambulances after transferring patients with contagious infectious diseases. Methods: the study was conducted between September and November 2021. The developed algorithm was validated by 104 judges, including nurses, physical therapists, and physicians who care for patients with contagious infectious diseases. It used the Delphi technique and content validity index. Results: in the first evaluation, the judges considered the algorithm “unsuitable” and “fully suitable”. The algorithm reviewed according to the judges’ suggestions was rated between “suitable” and “fully suitable” in the second evaluation. The overall content validity index was 0.960 and 0.998 in the first and second evaluations. Conclusions: the algorithm to guide the cleaning and disinfection of ambulances after transferring patients with contagious infectious diseases was developed and validated by specialists in the field, with consensus among the judges in the second evaluation.http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672023000200150&lng=en&tlng=enPersonal Protective EquipmentOccupational HealthOccupational ExposureHouse CallsContagious Infectious Diseases |
| spellingShingle | Geraldo Magela Salomé Construction and validation of an algorithm for disinfection of ambulances transporting patients with contagious infectious diseases Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Personal Protective Equipment Occupational Health Occupational Exposure House Calls Contagious Infectious Diseases |
| title | Construction and validation of an algorithm for disinfection of ambulances transporting patients with contagious infectious diseases |
| title_full | Construction and validation of an algorithm for disinfection of ambulances transporting patients with contagious infectious diseases |
| title_fullStr | Construction and validation of an algorithm for disinfection of ambulances transporting patients with contagious infectious diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Construction and validation of an algorithm for disinfection of ambulances transporting patients with contagious infectious diseases |
| title_short | Construction and validation of an algorithm for disinfection of ambulances transporting patients with contagious infectious diseases |
| title_sort | construction and validation of an algorithm for disinfection of ambulances transporting patients with contagious infectious diseases |
| topic | Personal Protective Equipment Occupational Health Occupational Exposure House Calls Contagious Infectious Diseases |
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