A importância da higienização das mãos para equipe de enfermagem na assistência prestada ao paciente: uma revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

The hand hygiene, according to ANVISA, it's an individual simple and essential technicz at the prevention and control by infections related to the patient care that covers all health service, both the private as the public, regardless complexity level. It is important to point out the hand hygiene efficacy in the prevention of micro – organisms transmission at the clinical scope. The present study aims awareness about the hand hygiene importance to the nursing staff, refers to the patient’s care quality. It’s a bibliographic research, exploratory and explanatory; was done an analytic and precise reading of the articles and literatures already published. After the completion of present study was identified that still exists a low up-take of hand hygiene, because of the difficulty, negligence by nursing staff; and resources lack from the health institution.