Avaliação da utilização de indicadores de processo e estrutura na prevençãode infecção de sítio cirurgico na cidade de Pelotas

Abstract

This descriptive study investigated the use of process and structure indicators for preventing surgical site infection (SSI) in the city of Pelotas, Brazil. It analyzed a sample of 1500 patients, who have gone through surgery in all four hospitals of the city. Structure indicators assess the Surgical Center according to the following items: availability of a circulating nurse for every room, adequate placement of antiseptics for surgical hand antisepsis, and automatic door closer. Process indicators assess the following procedures from the preoperative period to the postoperative period: length of preoperative hospitalization, trichotomy (time), trichotomy (method), antisepsis of the operative field with adequate solution, antibiotic administered up to one hour before the surgical incision, duration of antibiotic prophylaxis ≤ 24 hours, presence of chemical integrator in the surgical boxes. The indicators assessed through the observation of the structure of Surgical Centers and patients' files. Socio-demographic data was collected through interview. Only two out of four hospitals analyzed satisfied all three of the structure indicators, while one hospital satisfied only one of the indicators. Process indicators showed bigger differences among the hospitals. However, even the hospitals that responded positively to all the structure indicators were considered unsatisfactory in the process indicators. Several failures were evident in all of the hospitals, not only in the process but also in structure offered to surgical patient care. This increases the probabilities of SSI