A prática de higienização das mãos em uma unidade de terapia intensiva : uma questão de adesão?

Abstract

The Hand Hygiene as a prevenctive action to hospital infection and to ensure better security to the patients it is focus of studys and findings for many years. As a daily practice, this has been presented as the most efficient, cheap and simple method. OBJECTIVES: Evidence the perception of the health profissionals about Hand Hygiene in an Adult Intensive Care Unit; Indentify the knowledge of the profissionals of the Adult ICU about da correct technique of the Hand Hygiene; Analysis the possible reason responsible for the accession or not to the Hand Hygiene from the part of the profissionals in the Adult ICU. METHODOLOGY: The research is qualitative, exploratory and descriptive. The data collection was realized by thematic analysis. CONCLUSION: In this research participated 21 health professionals that works in the Adult ICU. It was found that the professionals has a perspective about the meaning of the Hand Hygiene and also can understand its importance ahead the pathologies found in the Hospital. However, there is no knowledge enough about the correct technique of the Hand Hygiene. Besides that do not describe step to step the technique correctly, also do not distinguish the types of the technique existing in a hospital environment. As the adhesion, was observed that the professionals presented multiples factors that influence them in the adhesion of the Hand Hygiene practice. Some by questions of Health education, others by conditioning of behavior and others for the organization conditions of the Adult ICU, which determines that the adhesion, the decision of each is very personal and particular, with numerous variables associated.