Costs of matched-sibling, unrelated, and haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation and risk factors for greater financial burden - a Brazilian FACT-accredited single-center analysis.

The complexity and costs of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) have increased over the last decades with the popularization of unrelated donor (URD) transplantation and the introduction of haploidentical transplantation with posttransplant cyclophosphamide. Few studies have addressed this issue. The objective of this study was to analyze HCT costs in a single FACT-accredited private non-profit hospital.

Is Salivary Busulfan the Cause of Oral Mucositis and the Changes in Salivary Antioxidant Enzymes After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation?

Background: To determine whether the busulfan (Bu) present in saliva during hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) conditioning correlates with oral mucositis and the changes in salivary antioxidant enzymes.

Methods: Bu levels in the plasma and saliva of 19 patients who received HCTs were quantified. Salivary flow and salivary superoxide dismutase and catalase activities were measured during HCT.

Measuring hand hygiene compliance rates in different special care settings: a comparative study of methodologies.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare methods for assessing compliance with hand hygiene in an intensive care unit (ICU), a step-down unit (SDU), and a hematology-oncology unit.

Methods: Over a 20-week period, we compared hand hygiene compliance measurements by three different methods: direct observation, electronic handwash counter for alcohol gel, and measuring the volume of product used (alcohol gel) in an ICU, an SDU, and a hematology-oncology unit of a tertiary care, private hospital.

Results: By direct observation we evaluated 1078 opportunities in the ICU, 1075 in the SDU, and 517 in the hematology-oncology unit, with compliance rates of 70.

Measuring hand hygiene compliance in a hematology-oncology unit: a comparative study of methodologies.

Background: In managing hematology-oncology patients, there is a great opportunity for performing hand hygiene (HH).

Methods: Over a 4-month period, we compared HH compliance measurement by 3 different methods: direct observation, electronic handwash counter for alcohol gel, and measuring the volume of product used (alcohol gel) in a 40-bed hematology-oncology unit at a tertiary care, private hospital.

Results: There were 388 directly observed opportunities for HH, and the overall HH compliance rate was 84.