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- Title
SEPARAÇÃO DE CAMPOS CIRÚRGICOS: UMA ALTERNATIVA PARA REDUÇÃO DE CUSTOS DO SERVIÇO DE PROCESSAMENTO DE ROUPAS NO AMBIENTE HOSPITALAR.
- Authors
DA SILVA, LUIS OTAVIO SANCHES; GATTO, LILIAN
- Abstract
Processing Service Clothing is very important into the hospital settings, because the efficiency of the hospital depends os the effectiveness of this operation, reflecting specially in the aspects of infection control, recovering, comfort, patient safety and reducing hospital costs. The present study aimed to conceptualize the hospital laundry service, describe the steps of the process of washing clothes and the importance of this service in the hospital costs, and also propose an alternative separation of clothes by category in the Surgical Center, to minimize costs. The present article was developed through a literature review with analysis of published articles between 1982 and 2012. The given above, it is concluded that the quality of the activities of the Service Processing Clothing is intrinsically related to the management of all phases of the process. The nursing staff especially can contribute to reduction of costs related to the separation appropriate clothing according to their degree of contamination.
- Subjects
HOSPITAL costs; HOSPITAL laundries; COST effectiveness; MEDICAL care costs; COST control
- Publication
UNINGÁ Review, 2012, Vol 12, Issue 2, p145
- ISSN
2178-2571
- Publication type
Article