Development of a nursing website for critical care regarding healthcare-associated infections

Abstract

Objective: to describe the development of a website about the main healthcare-associated infections and the respective bundles to prevent these diseases, oriented toward intensive care unit nursing. Methods: experience report describing the development of technological innovation by nurses, using computational tools and technological production methodological research and following the product development process. Results: nurses developed an educational website which can be accessed through computers, tablets, and smartphones at the electronic address irastis.com and focuses on healthcare-associated infections. Final considerations: digital technologies have contributed to fulfill demands in health care, research, and education. The developed website has the potential to support reduction in healthcare-associated infection rates, since it makes preventive measures for these infections available and refers users to publication environments that systematize the implementation of the bundles.

Health education website on home care for newborns: construction, validation, and evaluation

“…The number of scientific publications related to the creation of educational technologies has been increasing in recent years, given the various studies published in journals. In this regard, two studies have developed websites with educational objectives, one on cleft palate and the other on healthcare-related infection ( 11 , 14 ) . However, despite building new websites, these studies did not validate or evaluate them, unlike this study, which validated their content with experts and evaluated it with the target audience.…”

“…Given this, an educational health website is an excellent tool for communicating and disseminating scientific information, presenting itself as a fast means of informing, sharing, and exchanging experiences, given the integration of different information on the same topic ( 14 ) .…”

Digital technology for the prevention of healthcare-related infections in critical care

“…To use technology for health education, research conducted in Brazil aimed to develop a website on the predominant infections related to healthcare and the respective bundles for the prevention of such infections in intensive care units. The authors believe that the connection of technologies with educational practices has subsidized the process of disseminating information related to the prevention of HCRI ( 8 ) .…”

Tecnologia digital para prevenção das infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde em cuidados críticos

“…Com a intenção de utilizar tecnologia para educação na área da saúde, pesquisa realizada no Brasil teve como objetivo desenvolver website sobre as principais infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde e acerca dos respectivos bundles para prevenção dessas infecções, em Unidades de Terapia Intensiva. Os autores acreditam que a associação de tecnologias às práticas educacionais tem subsidiado o processo de divulgação de informações relacionadas à prevenção de IRAS (8) .…”