EVALUATION OF THE SU RGICAL HANDS ANTISEPTIC PROCED URE, PREOPERATIVE SICTN PREPARATION AND ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Authors

  • Ana Paula Agnolon Enfermeira, graduada pela Escola de Enfermagem da USP
  • Rúbia Aparecida Lacerda Enfermeira, doutora em Enfermagem, professora associada da Escola de Enfermagem da USP.
  • Ana Cristina Bálsamo Enfermeira, doutoranda em Enfermagem, enfer­meira da Comissão de Controle de Infecção Hos­pitalar do Hospital Universitário de São Paulo
  • Ruth Natalia Teresa Turrini Enfermeira, professora doutora do Depto. de Enfermagem Médico-cirúrgica da Escola de En­fermagem USP

Keywords:

Hospital Infection Control Program, antibiotic prophylaxis, surgical wound infection, asepsis/ methods, handwashing / surgery.

Abstract

The  objective  of  this  de ­ sc riptive st ud y was to eva l u a te t h e practices for surgica1 hand s ant isept ic procedure,  preoperative  skin  prepara­ tio n and surgical antib io ti c pro phylaxis. ln 2005, sur geo ns, medical  st udents and nursing staff were o bserved d ur ing the  performance  of 50 surgeries  usin g a  check  list  tool.  The  performance of 67 scru b-hand s, 13 skin- hyg iene, 50 preoperative skin  preparat io n  and  30 ant i bio tic pro phylaxis administration were o bserved. The  discrimination  of the  ste p- by-ste  p  procedure   enabled the evaluation and identification of the frequency of correct and incorrect steps. T he high est proportion of correct step proced ures was related to skin disinfec­ tion and the  lo west  concerned  to  the tim ing of scru b-hand proced ure and the moment of a nt i bio ti c ad ministratio n . The method of eval uat io n proved to be valid for it ackno wle dge s, in details, the co nd it io ns of the performanc es of the procedures, enhancing co nt inu ed ed u­ cation policies, clo sely associated wit h infection pro blems faced by in vo lved pro fessio nals.

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2009-10-01

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Agnolon, A. P., Lacerda, R. A., Bálsamo, A. C., & Turrini, R. N. T. (2009). EVALUATION OF THE SU RGICAL HANDS ANTISEPTIC PROCED URE, PREOPERATIVE SICTN PREPARATION AND ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. Revista SOBECC, 14(3), 38–47. Retrieved from https://revista.sobecc.org.br/sobecc/article/view/361

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2009)

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