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- Title
Disponibilidad de antisépticos obsoletos e infecciones nosocomiales en unidades de cuidados intensivos de hospitales de México.
- Authors
Sosa-De Antuñano, Dámaris; Pineda-Pérez, Dayana; Puentes-Rosas, Esteban; Huertas-Jiménez, Martha; de la Torre, Alethse; Macías, Alejandro
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze the relationship between explicit policies for antiseptics handling, the presence of obsolete antiseptics and nosocomial infections prevalence in intensive care units public hospitals. Methods: An ecological analysis was conducted involving 41 general hospitals of three public health institutions. We use linear regression to estimate the association between hospital-level nosocomial infection prevalence and existence of antiseptics policy and obsolete antiseptics presence. Results: Adjusting by potential confounders, hospitals where had obsolete antiseptics had seven points higher prevalence of nosocomial infection (p=0.001). Those who had evidence of handling policies antiseptics had two points prevalence lower. There was high prevalence of inadequate antiseptics, particularly hydrogen peroxide (46.7%). Conclusions: Our findings confirm that proper selection of antiseptics can lead to improved patient safety. Antiseptics obsolete, even in suitable compounds presence, correlated with higher nosocomial infection prevalence.
- Subjects
HOSPITAL care evaluation; MEDICAL quality control; INTENSIVE care units; ANTISEPTICS; NOSOCOMIAL infections; HOSPITAL sanitation; HOSPITAL environmental services
- Publication
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina de la UNAM, 2013, Vol 56, Issue 5, p6
- ISSN
0026-1742
- Publication type
Article