(Re)pensando sobre a higienização das mãos em revistas brasileiras

Abstract

Introduction: Hand Hygiene is a practice established over 150 years ago, however, it deserves emphasis, as it is an effective, safe, practical method and, above all, in infection control. Objective: To investigate Brazilian publications in periodicals/magazines, referring to the assessment of hand hygiene by health professionals. Method: This is a literature review, carried out in the first half of 2022, that sought to stand up in national journals as proven evidence with national publications 2018 and 2021, using the descriptors hand hygiene and hand washing. The search totaled 3,134 articles, of which only eight were selected for this study, as it covered the proposed objectives. Results: It was observed that the studies analyzed on hand hygiene most of the time were characterized as insufficient, scarce or precarious in the hospital environment, where a risk related to cross contamination can be characterized that brings harm to the client/patient who is treated. in health facilities in Brazil. Conclusion: It is revealed that, although health professionals understand that hand hygiene is important for the control of nosocomial infection, their adherence is low and their mastery of the technique when performed is insufficient, it is understood that it is necessary to maintain a permanent education in order to sensitize professionals, always looking for new ways, tools and methods for better adherence.