Comparação entre duas técnicas de higienização das mãos em pacientes de diálise peritoneal

• Autor(a) principal: Siqueira, Soraia Lemos de
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_RS
• Texto Completo: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/7599
• topic: Diálise Peritoneal; Higiene da Pele; Insuficiência Renal Crônica; Etanol; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Hand hygiene is an important procedure in preventing peritoneal dialysis-related infections. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of two distinct techniques for hand hygiene in reducing the number of colony-forming units in patients on peritoneal dialysis. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Observational study. Twenty-two patients underwent two collections of microbiological flora from the hands in two different instances: after hand washing with non-antimicrobial soap and water followed by rubbing with 70% ethyl alcohol, gel presentation, after application of 70% ethyl alcohol, presentation gel. Cultures were obtained by applying the fingers surface directly on agar-blood plates. RESULTS: The comparison between groups showed a significant difference (p <0.01) in colony-forming units in the right hands and left hands, mean 59.6 ± 43.1 in the group not antimicrobial soap and water, proved higher than in group 70% ethyl alcohol, presentation gel (31.8 ± 39.9). This difference is characterized by the presence of colonies of Staphylococcus coagulase-negative, and this was predominant in the seed crops. CONCLUSION: Hand rubbing with gel-alcohol was more effective in reducing the number of colonies recovered than the other methods.