What is the distance between saying and doing?

Carneiro, Marcelo; Persch, M.; Souza, Jenifer Grotto; Krummenauer, Eliane Carlosso; Machado, Janete Aparecida Alves

doi:10.3396/ijic.v8i2.020.12

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“…6,7 Regarding the HH moments, one can infer that the low adherence at M1, when compared to M3, M4 and M5, reflects the concern of HP with self-care and neglect with patient safety. 2 This situation is not justified, since there are no major structural obstacles for the effective performance of HH in the ICU. The availability and placement of the alcohol dispensers and the presence of posters in each bed, recalling the importance of HH, were certified and all the HPs periodically participate in institutional training.…”

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Smartphone application: useful tool in hand hygiene adherence control

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Int. j. infect. control

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Smartphone application: useful tool in hand hygiene adherence control

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“…However, despite the fact that hand hygiene has been demonstrated as the singlemost important strategy in preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections and the spread of multi-drug resistance organisms, studies have shown that hand hygiene compliance in healthcare settings remains suboptimal [15], even with adequate levels of selfreported awareness [16,17].…”

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Making Wise Choices When Incorporating Technology for Infection Control Prevention

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Curr Treat Options Infect Dis

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Healthcare workers are challenged with providing quality care in a variety of clinical settings, while optimizing the use of available resources. Although various novel approaches in preventing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) have been introduced, best practices have yet to be consolidated. The use of sophisticated technology such as antiinfective devices can improve yields and reduce nosocomial infections while optimizing the use of staff time, but we would emphasize that this benefit is modest in most cases, and is easily undone when the focus of concern lies not in the attention to proper aseptic technique, judicious use, and adequate clinical setting for these devices, but on poor implementation that relies only on their infection-prevention properties. This paper intends to review recent publications in key target areas regarding the prevention of HAIs and to discuss the incorporation of technology to achieve overall improvement in the healthcare setting. PurposeHealthcare workers are challenged with providing quality care in a variety of clinical settings, while optimizing the use of available resources. As physicians, we seek to offer our patients the best possible medical attention, and making use of available evidence is of paramount importance. Unfortunately, the high cost of some of the industry's technological interventions may restrict their applicability.Certain advances in infection control practices and crosscontamination prevention have been difficult to implement, especially when low adherence, varying protocols, and equipment availability are taken into account. Although there have been novel approaches to preventing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), best practices have yet to be consolidated. This paper will review recent publications in key target areas regarding the prevention of HAIs and will discuss the incorporation of technology to achieve overall improvement in the healthcare setting.

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“…Therefore, it is necessary to make professionals aware of the change in attitude concerning the development of preventive strategies for the aforementioned pathologies. The training and refresher courses provided to the teams on prevention and control, as well as supervision of the actions are of utmost importance and the responsibility of the Municipal and State Hospital Infection Control Committees [4]. Measures for promotion and assessment of the microbiology performed in hospitals are the responsibility of ANVISA, together with the Ministry of Health.…”

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