Trend of fall-related mortality among the elderly.

Objective: To analyze the temporal trend of fall-related mortality in elderly in Brazil from 2008 to 2016.

Method: Study of time series of rates of fall-related mortality according to CID-10 from 2008 to 2016. Data from the Mortality Information System on death registers of people ≥ 60 living in Brazil were used.

Profile of Enterobacteria Resistant to Beta-Lactams.

A serious emerging problem worldwide is increased antimicrobial resistance. Acquisition of coding genes for evasion methods of antimicrobial drug mechanisms characterizes acquired resistance. This phenomenon has been observed in Enterobacteriaceae family.

Planned organizational change to transform care to workers exposed to biological material.

Objectives: to describe the evaluation of the service offered in cases of occupational accidents involving exposure to biological material, from the perspective of the exposed workers, before and after an intervention to obtain planned organizational change.

Methods: descriptive study with a qualitative approach, carried out with workers exposed to biological material who received care at a reference service that was submitted to an intervention based on planned organizational change. Data were collected by using the critical incident technique and analyzed from the perspective of content analysis.

Epidemiological characteristics and strategies for the prevention of diarrheal disease in indigenous children: A scoping review.

Aim: The aim of the present scoping review was to map the scientific evidence about diarrheal disease in indigenous children and the strategies that can be used to prevent it.

Methods: The subject headings were indigenous population; child; diarrhea; dysentery; epidemiology; and prevention, primary; also the following keywords characteristic, epidemiologic study; and children. The databases consulted were Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, MEDLINE via the US National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health, and Web of Science.

Infection control and patient safety measures addressed in nursing pedagogical projects.

Objective: To characterize teaching about patient safety and standard precautionary measures for infection prevention and control in undergraduate nursing courses.

Method: A descriptive documentary analysis study carried out in undergraduate courses, with a concept equal to or greater than three in the National Student Performance Exam and in the Preliminary Course Concept, located in the state of Goiás, Brazil.

Results: Six education institutions participated, with the majority being private with curricular structure by discipline.

Moments for hand hygiene in Material and Sterilization Center.

Objective: to characterize the moments when there is a need for hand hygiene (HH) by employees who work in Material and Sterilization Center (MSC).

Method: we conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study in the MSC of a large hospital, from July to November 2012, in Goiânia, state of Goiás, Brazil. Data obtained through observation of workers, following a previously evaluated and tested checklist.

[Intervening factors in attention flow of professionals injured by biological material].

Objective: To describe the barriers and facilitator factors to follow the attention flow of professionals injured by biological material in the worker perspective.

Method: Qualitative descriptive study with data collected through individual interviews with 18 injured workers, assisted in reference public units in the city of Goiânia. The content analysis was carried out with assistance of the ATLAS.

[Accident with biological material at the prehospital mobile care: reality for health and non-healthcare workers].

Analytical transversal study that was conducted with the objectives of identifying the prevalence and characterizing the accidents with biological material among professionals in pre-hospital service (PHS) and comparing the risk behaviors adopted by healthcare and non-healthcare groups that can affect the occurrence and seriousness of such accidents. Data were obtained by questionnaire applied to all PHS workers in Goiânia-GO. The study revealed a high prevalence of accidents involving biological material which, although higher for the healthcare group, also affected the non-healthcare group.

Waste management in non-hospital emergency units.

Objective: to analyze waste management in urgency and emergency non-hospital health care service units.

Method: Epidemiological cross-sectional study undertaken at three Non-Hospital Emergency Units. The data were collected using systematic observation, registered daily in a spreadsheet and checklist, and analyzed through descriptive statistics.

[Critical incident technique and its nursing use: an integrative literature review].

Integrative literature review conducted in the databases LILACS, MEDLINE and SciELO from 2000 to 2010 to synthesize knowledge produced in nursing studies using the critical incident technique and identify the use and applicability of this technique as methodological framework. A total of 17 papers were found and Brazil stood out with 76.5% of the studies.

Safety of nursing staff and determinants of adherence to personal protective equipment.

A qualitative study conducted in a teaching hospital with 15 nursing professionals. Attempted to analyze the reasons, attitudes and beliefs of nursing staff regarding adherence to personal protective equipment. Data were collected through focus groups, analyzed by the method of interpretation of meanings, considering Rosenstock's model of health beliefs as a reference framework.

[Efficacy of the pasteur oven as sterilization equipment in dental offices].

This study was aimed at assessing the efficacy of the use of the Pasteur oven as sterilization equipment in dental offices through biological monitoring. For this assessment were taken into account how adequately the material is loaded into the equipment; time/temperature used; and preventive maintenance of the oven. The data were collected in 101 dental offices in the Central District of GoiPnia, in the State of Goiás, through observation, interviews and performance of tests with biological indicator.

Nurses' understanding of standard precautions at a public hospital in Goiania - GO, Brazil.

Standard Precautions (SP) are effective strategies to prevent and control nosocomial infections. This study aimed to verify nurses' understanding about standard precaution measures. Data were collected through interviews, followed by content analysis in accordance with Bardin.

Hand hygiene: The impact of incentive strategies on adherence among healthcare workers from a newborn intensive care unit.

We carried out a before-after non-controlled intervention study to assess the impact of different handwashing strategies in health care workers at a neonatal ICU in Goiânia - Goiás, Brazil. All ethical aspects were considered. Data was collected by using a check list in order to register hand hygiene opportunities during six months.

[Occupational accidents with biohazards: the perception of the injured worker].

This qualitative research aims at identifying the perception of health care workers of different categories from a specialized institution in emergency health service in the city of Goiânia regarding the context involving biohazard accidents. Firstly, 382 workers were given a questionnaire in order to identify those who had experienced an accident, 39 of which also took part in an interview addressing the general aspects of the accidents. Among the main accident causes to be highlighted are: unattention, non-adherence to preventive measures, patient's severity and hurry.

Evaluation of central supply units in public dental medicine colleges in Brazil.

A guarantee of quality of all steps involved in processing dental materials is essential to achieve security. A descriptive study was made of how Public Dental Medicine Colleges in Brazil process critical materials and determine the patterns of physical, chemical and biological control in their use of hot air ovens and autoclaves to sterilize these materials. The data were obtained with a questionnaire, sent by mail and analyzed with the software EPI-INFO 6.

[Items sterilized in humid heat: validation of the storage system].

We aimed at identifying the period of validity of the sterilization of items by humid heat, taking into account the conditions of sterilization and storage. The validation was carried out by means of microbiological tests performed with instruments in the same load and evaluated in 0, 7, 10, 15, and 25 days. 30% of the instruments in each package were analysed and put in a Mueller Hinton solution and incubated at 37 degrees C for 72 hours.

[Teaching infection control: a theoretical and practical essay].

This article contains reflections concerning infection prevention and control measures starting from the adherence of health professionals to prevention measures. It points out worrisome environment-related aspects stemming from the use of disposable materials in spite of the benefits that they represent in terms of safety and reduction of operational costs, among others. All these issues are presented as a challenge to infection control teaching in the education of health professionals.