Assistência hospitalar ao paciente portador de queimaduras na perspectiva do controle de infecção: um estudo de caso

Milca Severino Pereira; Adenícia Custódia Silva e Souza; Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple; Ariadna Pires Damaceno; Keila de Castro

Authors

Milca Severino Pereira Faculdade de Enfermagem
Adenícia Custódia Silva e Souza Faculdade de Enfermagem
Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple Faculdade de Enfermagem
Ariadna Pires Damaceno Faculdade de Enfermagem
Keila de Castro Faculdade de Enfermagem

Keywords:

Queimaduras, Infecção Hospitalar, Prevenção e controle

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The infection in burnings is very common, involve of the main mechanism of defense: the skin. Thus, this study aimed to identify and to analyze the measures adopted for the prevention and control of the infections related to this area. The research was constituted by a case study and data were obtained from systemize observation and of a questionnaire applied to the teams medical and of nursing of a unit of handling of burnnings of the city of Goiânia. The results showed deficiencies related to the infection control and pointed to the need of the trainmen and update in infection control as direct patient’s care as in articles processing used for this care. Therefore the adequacy of procedure to the prevention and control of the nosocomial infections becomes necessary. KEY WORDS: burns, nosocomial infection, prevention and control.