Publications by authors named "Alessandra Cristina Gobbi Matta"
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to evaluate how using a checklist during multidisciplinary rounds affected health indicators and team perceptions in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Brazil.
- - Conducted between September 2020 and August 2021, the research combined quantitative and qualitative data to assess the impact of these rounds.
- - Results showed a notable decrease in hospital stays related to conditions like ventilator-associated pneumonia and urinary tract infections, highlighting the checklist's importance for patient safety and effective care in the ICU.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of the Torque teno virus in healthy donors in the northern and northwestern regions of the state of Paraná, southern Brazil.
Methods: The Torque teno virus was detected by a nested polymerase chain reaction using a set of oligoprimers for the N22 region.
Results: The prevalence of the virus was 69% in 551 healthy blood donors in southern Brazil.
Background: So that an improvement in the selection of donors can be achieved and the risk to the recipient of transfused blood can be reduced, prospective donors are submitted to clinical and serological screening.
Objective: This study investigated the blood discard rate and the rate of infectious and contagious diseases in blood donors from provincial towns of the state of Paraná, Brazil.
Methods: This study was an exploratory cross-sectional descriptive investigation with a quantitative approach of donations between January and December 2011.