A antissepsia cirúrgica das mãos no cotidiano de um centro cirúrgico

Resumo

The surgical hand antisepsis should be performed before procedures at high risk of contamination, such as surgery, and is constituted of important measure for prevention of surgical site infections. This study aimed to observe and evaluate the practice of surgical hand antisepsis in a surgical center in a teaching hospital. A quantitative descriptive study, conducted in 2009, in the operating room of a teaching hospital in GoiâniaGO, with members of surgical teams. Of the 54 surgical hand antisepsis observed in 87% was brushing erroneous forearms and back of hands, 94,5% were not kept unidirectional movements, and 31,5% of professionals contaminated hands after antisepsis.

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Anti-sepsia, Infecção, Procedimentos cirúrgicos, Antisepsis, Infection, Surgical procedures

Citação

BARRETO, Regiane Aparecida dos Santos Soares; VILEFORT, Larissa Oliveira Rocha; SOUZA, Adenícia Custódia Silva e; BARBOSA, Maria Alves; PAULA, Gabriella Ribeiro de; PALOS, Marinésia Aparecida Prado. A antissepsia cirúrgica das mãos de profissionais no cotidiano de um centro cirúrgico. Revista Saúde, Santa Maria, v. 38, n. 2, p. 9-16, 2012.