[Central of mechanical fan: organization, safety and quality].

Background And Objectives: The headquarters of mechanical fans is the unit of the hospital with purpose of organizing ventilation resources promoting control and preventive maintenance and organizational of these equipments. The objective of this study was to elaborate a proposal of implantation of a headquarters of mechanical fans in an academical hospital, subsidized by the identification of the male nurse's scientific technical knowledge on the theme ventilation mechanics and for the detection of problems originating from of the decentralized administration of the fans.

Methods: It is treated of exploratory descriptive study with quantitative approach, accomplished with 13 male nurses of ICU.

Candida colonization in intensive care unit patients' urine.

The objective of this study was to identify possible predisposing factors for candiduria in intensive care unit (ICU) patients from Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil, during one year. Urine samples from 153 ICU patients were obtained by catheterization on admission day and every seven days. Data such as sex, age, antifungal therapy, and variables as antibiotics, underlying diseases or comorbid conditions and stay in the hospital, were collected from patients who had at least one urine culture that yielded > 10(3) yeast colonies/ml.