Authors : Heredia Bettina , Santana Ana , Michel Alejandra , Muratore Paola , Cerutti Graciela and Gonzalez Silvia
Abstract: The economic situation of many countries or regions, determines the reuse of single-use medical devices as a daily reality in the sanitary centers, being Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas the bacterial genders of more incidences in crossed infections for the processed medical devices. The aim of this study, was to determine the suitability of a Pharmacist as boss of the sterilization services from public hospitals of San Miguel of Tucuman and their relation with Organization norms and Operation of sterilization centers and processing of materials. The sterilization section in three of the four considered hospitals was handled by specialist pharmacists and in the remaining by a suitable employee, but without related studies to sterilization. The hospital A carried out statistical studies, about HAI, at the statistic section; in the B the HAI control was carried out by the infectology service and in C and D these controls were carried out in oral form and were not taken any statistical data. The head of sterilization area did not take part, in no considered hospital, controlling HAI; he did not have knowledge of how the HAI control was made, nor of the percentage-HAI incidences. From that information the authors elaborated Forms for Control of Hospital Acquired Infections and epidemiologic studies of them.
Heredia Bettina , Santana Ana , Michel Alejandra , Muratore Paola , Cerutti Graciela and Gonzalez Silvia , 2007. Proposal to Reduce Nosocomial Infections in Different Hospitals of Tucuman, Argentine . International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2: 78-82.