Nurses' Perception of Patient Safety Culture in a Referral Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Healthcare systems are becoming increasingly complex which is helping to promote a ‘culture of safety’ within them based on the best scientific evidence available. Indeed, creating a positive institutional culture of patient safety is reflected in health outcomes. The aim of this present study was to describe the perception of culture of safety by nurses in adult inpatient units in a tertiary hospital and to analyze adverse events reporting.

New immunomagnetic separation method to analyze risk factors for Legionella colonization in health care centres.

Background: It's pivotal to control the presence of legionella in sanitary structures. So, it's important to determine the risk factors associated with Legionella colonization in health care centres. In recent years that is why new diagnostic techniques have been developed.

Effectiveness of surface coatings containing silver ions in bacterial decontamination in a recovery unit.

Background: HAIs remain a frequent complication for hospitalised patients and pose a challenge that must be tackled by our health systems.

Methods: Quasi-experimental study. In order to determine the antimicrobial effectiveness of surface coating agents containing silver ions (BactiBlock®) the degree of contamination of several surfaces in two ICU wards was compared.

[Prevalence of american trypanosomiasis in pregnant women from a health area of Valencia, Spain: 2005-2007].

Background: The Chagas disease, an endemic illness in Latin America, is an emerging pathology due mainly to the increment of human migration. Prevalence increase, difficult diagnosis and therapeutic management turn Chagas into an important public health problem. Our objectives are first to analyse the seroprevalence and epidemiologic profile of Latin American pregnant women who were taken charge of in the area of Hospital Clinical University of Valencia (HCUV), and second, to determine the risk of vertical transmission from infected women to their children.