Structure and process of nursing care for prevention of surgical site infection: observational study

<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black">High rates of infection can reflect the quality of the service. Two previous studies in the same place </span><span style="color: b...

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Main Authors: Lucia Marta Giunta da Silva, Larissa Christiane Pawluk, Luiz Henrique Gebrim, Gil Facina, Maria Gaby Rivero de Gutiérrez
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Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa 2009-04-01
Series:Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/1873
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Larissa Christiane Pawluk
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Gil Facina
Maria Gaby Rivero de Gutiérrez
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description <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black">High rates of infection can reflect the quality of the service. Two previous studies in the same place </span><span style="color: black">reported an overall surgical </span><span style="color: black">site</span><span style="color: black"> infection incidence of</span><span style="color: black"> 14,1% and 22%, what motivated this research. </span></font></font><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span></span></strong><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black">The aim of this study was to </span><span>analyze</span><span style="color: black"> the structure and nursing process<strong> </strong>and its possible relationship with the prevention and control of surgical </span><span style="color: black">site</span><span style="color: black"> infection (SSI). </span><span style="color: #111111">It is</span><span style="color: black"> a descriptive, observational and documentary analysis study</span><span style="color: #111111"> performed in a large </span><span style="color: #111111">general</span><span style="color: #111111"> teaching </span><span style="color: #111111">Hospital</span><span style="color: #111111"> in </span><span style="color: #111111">São</span><span style="color: #111111"> Paulo</span><span style="color: black"> from August 2007 to March 2008</span><span style="color: #111111">.</span><span style="color: black"> The </span><span style="color: black">data</span><span style="color: black"> were collected from institutional documents and trough directed observation of the nursing practice</span><span style="color: black">. </span><span style="color: black">The results showed that the normative documents </span><span style="color: black">are</span><span style="color: black"> in accord with the current evidence. However, the structure issues present limitations with negative impact for the prevention of SSI. The nursing processes accomplished partially to the recommended </span><span style="color: black">standards</span><span style="color: black">, the hand washing, appropriate use of antibiotics and accomplishment of postoperative dressing’s present improvement opportunities that could positively impact the surgical </span><span style="color: black">site</span><span style="color: black"> infection’s rates. These results point out the need of review the nursing process and the adequacy of some structural issues in order to achieve the </span><span style="color: black">standards</span><span style="color: black"> for prevention and control of the surgical </span><span style="color: black">site</span><span style="color: black"> infection.</span></font></font>
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spelling doaj.art-f83a8bad3c6f40b19a84101abcb402232023-08-02T07:35:04ZengUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso CostaOnline Brazilian Journal of Nursing1676-42852009-04-0181Structure and process of nursing care for prevention of surgical site infection: observational studyLucia Marta Giunta da SilvaLarissa Christiane PawlukLuiz Henrique GebrimGil FacinaMaria Gaby Rivero de Gutiérrez<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black">High rates of infection can reflect the quality of the service. Two previous studies in the same place </span><span style="color: black">reported an overall surgical </span><span style="color: black">site</span><span style="color: black"> infection incidence of</span><span style="color: black"> 14,1% and 22%, what motivated this research. </span></font></font><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span></span></strong><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black">The aim of this study was to </span><span>analyze</span><span style="color: black"> the structure and nursing process<strong> </strong>and its possible relationship with the prevention and control of surgical </span><span style="color: black">site</span><span style="color: black"> infection (SSI). </span><span style="color: #111111">It is</span><span style="color: black"> a descriptive, observational and documentary analysis study</span><span style="color: #111111"> performed in a large </span><span style="color: #111111">general</span><span style="color: #111111"> teaching </span><span style="color: #111111">Hospital</span><span style="color: #111111"> in </span><span style="color: #111111">São</span><span style="color: #111111"> Paulo</span><span style="color: black"> from August 2007 to March 2008</span><span style="color: #111111">.</span><span style="color: black"> The </span><span style="color: black">data</span><span style="color: black"> were collected from institutional documents and trough directed observation of the nursing practice</span><span style="color: black">. </span><span style="color: black">The results showed that the normative documents </span><span style="color: black">are</span><span style="color: black"> in accord with the current evidence. However, the structure issues present limitations with negative impact for the prevention of SSI. The nursing processes accomplished partially to the recommended </span><span style="color: black">standards</span><span style="color: black">, the hand washing, appropriate use of antibiotics and accomplishment of postoperative dressing’s present improvement opportunities that could positively impact the surgical </span><span style="color: black">site</span><span style="color: black"> infection’s rates. These results point out the need of review the nursing process and the adequacy of some structural issues in order to achieve the </span><span style="color: black">standards</span><span style="color: black"> for prevention and control of the surgical </span><span style="color: black">site</span><span style="color: black"> infection.</span></font></font>http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/1873quality assurance, health caresurgical wound infectionbreast neoplasmnursing care
spellingShingle Lucia Marta Giunta da Silva
Larissa Christiane Pawluk
Luiz Henrique Gebrim
Gil Facina
Maria Gaby Rivero de Gutiérrez
Structure and process of nursing care for prevention of surgical site infection: observational study
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
quality assurance, health care
surgical wound infection
breast neoplasm
nursing care
title Structure and process of nursing care for prevention of surgical site infection: observational study
title_full Structure and process of nursing care for prevention of surgical site infection: observational study
title_fullStr Structure and process of nursing care for prevention of surgical site infection: observational study
title_full_unstemmed Structure and process of nursing care for prevention of surgical site infection: observational study
title_short Structure and process of nursing care for prevention of surgical site infection: observational study
title_sort structure and process of nursing care for prevention of surgical site infection observational study
topic quality assurance, health care
surgical wound infection
breast neoplasm
nursing care
url http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/1873
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