Surveillance Programme for Healthcare Associated Infections in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Implementation and the first three years' results


Autoria(s): Padoveze, M. C.; Assis, D. B.; Freire, M. P.; Madalosso, G.; Ferreira, S. A.; Valente, M. G.; Fortaleza, C. M. C. B.
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

20/05/2014

20/05/2014

01/12/2010

Resumo

Governmental programmes should be developed to collect and analyse data on healthcare associated infections (HAIs). This study describes the healthcare setting and both the implementation and preliminary results of the Programme for Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infections in the State of São Paulo (PSHAISP), Brazil, from 2004 to 2006. Characterisation of the healthcare settings was carried out using a national database. The PSHAISP was implemented using components for acute care hospitals (ACH) or long term care facilities (LTCF). The components for surveillance in ACHs were surgical unit, intensive care unit and high risk nursery. The infections included in the surveillance were surgical site infection in clean surgery, pneumonia, urinary tract infection and device-associated bloodstream infections. Regarding the LTCF component, pneumonia, scabies and gastroenteritis in all inpatients were reported. In the first year of the programme there were 457 participating healthcare settings, representing 51.1% of the hospitals registered in the national database. Data obtained in this study are the initial results and have already been used for education in both surveillance and the prevention of HAI. The results of the PSHAISP show that it is feasible to collect data from a large number of hospitals. This will assist the State of São Paulo in assessing the impact of interventions and in resource allocation. (C) 2010 The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Formato

311-315

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2010.07.005

Journal of Hospital Infection. London: W B Saunders Co Ltd, v. 76, n. 4, p. 311-315, 2010.

0195-6701

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/40956

10.1016/j.jhin.2010.07.005

WOS:000284149900008

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

W B Saunders Co Ltd

Relação

Journal of Hospital Infection

Direitos

closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #Catheter-related infection #Epidemiological surveillance #Government programmes #Hospital infection
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/conferencePaper