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| Camargo,Luis Fernando Aranha; Marra,Alexandre Rodrigues; Silva,Cláudia Vallone; Laselva,Cláudia Regina; Moura Junior,Denis Faria; Cal,Ruy Guilherme G.; Yamashita,Maria Aparecida; Knobel,Elias. |
| Although the introduction of alcohol based products have increased compliance with hand hygiene in intensive care units (ICU), no comparative studies with other products in the same unit and in the same period have been conducted. We performed a two-month-observational prospective study comparing three units in an adult ICU, according to hand hygiene practices (chlorhexidine alone-unit A, both chlorhexidine and alcohol gel-unit B, and alcohol gel alone-unit C, respectively). Opportunities for hand hygiene were considered according to an institutional guideline. Patients were randomly allocated in the 3 units and data on hand hygiene compliance was collected without the knowledge of the health care staff. TISS score (used for measuring patient complexity)... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Alcohol gel and chlorhexidine; Hand washing; ICU. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500003 |
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| Moemen,Dalia; Tawfeek,Doaa; Badawy,Wafaa. |
| Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) ia an emerging and challenging nosocomial pathogen. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, risk factors and clonal relationships between different VREF isolates in the intensive care units (ICUs) of the university hospitals in our geographic location. This prospective study was conducted from July, 2012 until September, 2013 on 781 patients who were admitted to the ICUs of the Mansoura University Hospitals (MUHs), and fulfilled the healthcare-associated infection (HAI) criteria. Susceptibility testing was determined using the disk diffusion method. The clonal relationships were evaluated with pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Out of 52 E. faecium isolates, 12 (23.1%) were vancomycin resistant.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Enterococcus faecium; ICU; Vancomycin; Risk factors; PFGE. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822015000300777 |
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