Nurseries and dissemination of micro-organisms in care and education

• Autor(a) principal: Simão, Evelise Pires Cogo
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Michelin, Aparecida de Fátima, Lovadini, Vinicius de Lima, Correa, Ione
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Enfermagem Atual In Derme
• Texto Completo: https://revistaenfermagematual.com/index.php/revista/article/view/734
• topic: Creches; Agentes de Controle de Micro-organismos; Infecção; Saúde Pública; Revisão.; Child Day Care Centers; Control Agents for Microorganisms; Infection; Public Health; Review.

Objective: To list the most recurrent microorganisms as causes of infections in children attending daycare centers. Method: The integrative review was the method adopted for the present study, which is defined as an instrument for obtaining, identifying, analyzing and synthesizing the literature. The sample was selected by accessing the following databases: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information Literature (LILACS), Current Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Cochrane, Embase, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MedLine / PubMed), Web of Science (WOS). National and international studies were included, extracted from the listed databases, totaling 21 articles, after excluding three repeated items. After analyzing the references of the first constituted sample, 46 articles were incorporated, totaling 67 studies. Results: The most recurrent microorganisms were Staphylococcus, Haemophilus influenzae, Escherichia coli and rotavirus. These were found in the hands of children / educators / caregivers / food handlers, toys and in the nasopharynx / oropharynx. Conclusion: The spread of microorganisms from person to person was evidenced. Among the diseases that children in daycare centers can be affected, bacterial and viral infections of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, as well as parasitic diseases, stood out.