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Reprocessamento de artigos críticos em unidades básicas de saúde: perfil do operador e ações envolvidas

Lidiana Flora Vidôto da Costa,Maria Isabel Pedreira de Freitas-2009-12-01-Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

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Descriptve-exploratory study that aimed to outline the profile and the actions of workers who conduct the reprocessing of critical devices at primary health care units in a city in the State of São Paulo. Thirty-four primary health care units were surveyed. Individuals responsible for reprocessing are nursing assistants (88.2%), that conducted concomitantly activities related to immunization (11.7%), dressing (26.4%) collection of samples for exams (23.5%); 32.4% had received training at the beginning of their reprocessing activities, and 8,82% at least one year before. The lack of dully skilled individuals may influence the quality of the process and constitute a limiting factor for the control of cross infection.

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Descriptve-exploratory study that aimed to outline the profile and the actions of workers who conduct the reprocessing of critical devices at primary health care units in a city in the State of São Paulo. Thirty-four primary health care units were surveyed. Individuals responsible for reprocessing are nursing assistants (88.2%), that conducted concomitantly activities related to immunization (11.7%), dressing (26.4%) collection of samples for exams (23.5%); 32.4% had received training at the beginning of their reprocessing activities, and 8,82% at least one year before. The lack of dully skilled individuals may influence the quality of the process and constitute a limiting factor for the control of cross infection.

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LimitingPrimary health carePrimary careQuality (philosophy)Health care

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