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- Title
Glove use in nursing practice and its implications: a methodological study.
- Authors
Ferreira de Oliveira Padilha, Jovíria Márcia; Chaves Sá, Selma Petra; de Souza, Sonia Regina; Brum, Ana Karine; Rosa Lima, Márcia Valéria; Guimarães, Tereza Felipe
- Abstract
This article originated from the second category that emerged on the professional master's dissertation entitled "Educational technology as a strategy for the use of gloves by nursing professionals aiming the contact precaution", presented to the Review Board of the nursing school Aurora de Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF - Fluminense Federal University). Aim: to identify the factors that interfere in the adhesion and/or adequacy of the precautionary contact measures in the use of procedure sterile gloves by the nursing team. Method: this is a methodological study using a quantitative approach, with a total of 66 participants distributed in four stages. In the first stage, 45 nursing professionals from the surgical clinics were interviewed in a university hospital between January and March 2014. Results: 93% of the professionals report a failure in the use of gloves and only 7% do not observe failures. Conclusion: the suitability of gloves is crucial for the safety of patients, professionals, society and the environment.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CROSS infection prevention; ACADEMIC medical centers; ASEPSIS &; antisepsis; LEGAL compliance; CONTENT analysis; GLOVES; HOSPITAL wards; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; META-analysis; MICROBIAL contamination; NURSING; NURSING practice; OPERATING room nursing; PERSONNEL management; PROFESSIONS; SURVEYS; EMPLOYEES' workload; QUALITATIVE research; QUANTITATIVE research; EDUCATIONAL attainment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MEDICAL waste disposal; MEDICAL equipment reuse; HOSPITAL nursing staff; MEDICAL equipment contamination
- Publication
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2016, Vol 15, Issue 4, p632
- ISSN
1676-4285
- Publication type
Article