Publication details
Quality of hygiene habits of personnel in surgical wards.
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
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| Description | Introduction: Hygienic habits are one of the most important among personnel in a hospital, ensuring cleanliness and healthy lifestyles. Unfortunately, many professionals do not follow the basic hygienic rules at home and even worse at work, and those behaviors propagate diseases, then causing increased costs. Sadly, there is indifference, from other personnel (shyness, fear of retaliation, complicity, others) while in hospital, when such behaviors take place. It is important to say that an indicator of quality on health care is the development of postoperative infections. Strategies to increase proper use of isolation materials, hand washing, and other effective approaches to prevent transmission may be particularly beneficial. This audit was performed in surgical units and evaluates several factors of quality of health care services provided by teaching hospitals. |