Publicación:

Adherencia al protocolo de higiene de manos en médicos generales del servicio de urgencias de la E.S.E Hospital Universitario San Jorge de Pereira

Resumen

Hand hygiene is a process of vital importance in the field of patient care, since it directly impacts the prevention of infections associated with health care and therefore the reduction of adverse events, with repercussions even in the field economic; by reducing costs of non-quality and legal medical costs secondary to liability for medical malpractice. This business practice, in addition to the update of the ESE hand hygiene protocol where it is carried out, provides virtual and personalized training to the general medical staff of the emergency department in hand hygiene from the types, techniques and times required with subsequent evaluations of adherence to this theoretical and practical knowledge.