A Digital Approach to Improve Infection Screening Among Solid Organ Transplant Candidates.

Background: Pretransplant infection screening (IS) of potential organ recipients is essential to optimal outcome of solid organ transplantation (SOT).

Methods: A pre-post study was performed during 2020-2023 to investigate the impact of the STREAM (Solid organ TRansplant stEwArdship and Multidisciplinary approach) intervention to improve IS in SOT. The intervention, performed in 2022, included the implementation of IS through educational meetings, local guidelines, and the availability of a digital screening tool.

Experiences of intensive care unit nurses with COVID-19 patients.

Objective: To understand the experiences of intensive care unit nurses who provide care to patients with COVID-19.

Methods: Qualitative study grounded in Alfred Schütz's social phenomenology in which 20 nurses who work in intensive care units at public and private hospitals were interviewed between July and September 2020. Data were analyzed according to the adopted theoretical-methodological framework and the literature related to the subject.

Role of nurses in a field hospital aimed at patients with Covid-19.

Objective: To understand the role of nurses in field hospitals aimed at patients with Covid-19.

Methods: Qualitative research based on Alfred Schütz's social phenomenology. Twenty nurses working in São Paulo were interviewed between May and June 2020.

A Review of Vaccinations in Adult Patients with Secondary Immunodeficiency.

Vaccine-preventable diseases and their related complications are associated with increased morbidity and mortality in patients with altered immunocompetence. Optimised immunisation in this patient population is challenging because of limited data from vaccine trials, suboptimal vaccine efficacy and safety concerns. Reliable efficacy data are lacking among patients with altered immunocompetence, and existing recommendations are mainly based on expert consensus and may vary geographically.

Experiences and expectations of obese older people on the care received in the primary health care network.

Objective: to understand the experiences and expectations of obese elderly people on the care they received in the primary health care network.

Methods: phenomenological study, in which 16 obese elderly people living in a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, were interviewed. Their statements were organized into categories and analyzed according to Alfred Schütz's social phenomenology and thematic literature.