Role of nursing personnel in the prevention of infections associated with health care (IAAS)

Introduction: HAIs are infections associated with or acquired on admission to a hospital, they are unexpected because they develop during the course of health treatment; causing illness and death in patients. Objective: To describe the role of the nursing staff in the prevention of infections associ...

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Autores: Gallegos Cedeño, Vanessa Marisela, Manzano Quisimalin, Devora Estefanía, Sailema Ronquillo, María Belén, Toapanta Quishpe, Sandra Guadalupe
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Sapienza Grupo Editorial
Repositorio:Sapienza (Curitiba)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.journals.sapienzaeditorial.com:article/455
Acceso en línea:https://journals.sapienzaeditorial.com/index.php/SIJIS/article/view/455
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Equipe de enfermagem, Papel, Infecções, Assistência à saúde, IAAS
Nursing staff, Role, Infections, Health care, IAAS
Personal de enfermería, Rol, Infecciones, Atención en salud, IAAS
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Sumario:Introduction: HAIs are infections associated with or acquired on admission to a hospital, they are unexpected because they develop during the course of health treatment; causing illness and death in patients. Objective: To describe the role of the nursing staff in the prevention of infections associated with health care. Methods: A qualitative systematic review of 20 high-impact studies was conducted. Results: Due to the increasing complexity of healthcare treatments and interventions, patients are increasingly susceptible to healthcare-associated infections and resistant organisms. This article describes some of the challenges that nursing staff may experience in ensuring effective infection prevention and control, and how they can be addressed in order to avoid or reduce the risk of infection. Conclusions: Due to the increasing complexity of health treatments and interventions, patients are increasingly susceptible to contracting health care-associated infections and resistant organisms, the promotion of preventive actions against IASS is an important challenge for the health service. health and especially for nursing.