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Incidência de Infecções Associadas aos Cuidados de Saúde em 3 Unidades de Cuidados Continuados Integrados na Região do Alentejo – Portugal

2019; Associação Amigos da Grande Idade "Inovação e Desenvolvimento"; Volume: 8; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.36957/jai.2182-696x.v8i3-6

2182-696X

Serafim Silva, Ana Loupa, Diana Pereira, Jéssica Ferreira, João Silva, Марта Феррейра, R A Esteves, Soraia Mesuras,

Health, Nursing, Elderly Care

Background: Increasing longevity and increasing of the progressive chronic disease conditions of people admitted to long-term care facilities (LTCFs) increases the vulnerability of infections associated with health care.Objective: Knowing the incidence of healthcare associated infections in 3 LTCFs in the Alentejo Region -Portugal.Method: Longitudinal study, focusing on the LTCFs of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Santiago do Cacém, in a limited period of 6 years, from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2018.Results: The incidence of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) obtained in the present study presented is maximum value of 7.3 ‰ and a minimum of 1.75 ‰ in the medium and rehabilitation typologies, while in the typology of long duration, the maximum and minimum of 4.5 ‰ and 1, 9 ‰ respectively.