Could legal requirements in nursing practice trigger actions that would change the rates of urinary tract infections? A case study in Brazil

Clesnan Mendes-Rodrigues; Eliana Borges Silva Pereira; Renata Lemos de Sousa Neto; Jaqueline Resende; Astrídia Marília de Souza Fontes

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2017.01.036

Could legal requirements in nursing practice trigger actions that would change the rates of urinary tract infections? A case study in Brazil

Am J Infect Control. 2017 May 1;45(5):536-538. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.01.036. Epub 2017 Mar 7.

Authors

Clesnan Mendes-Rodrigues¹, Eliana Borges Silva Pereira², Renata Lemos de Sousa Neto², Jaqueline Resende², Astrídia Marília de Souza Fontes²

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Hospital of Uberlândia, Mathematics Faculty, Institute of Biology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil. Electronic address: clesnan@bol.com.br.
² Clinical Hospital of Uberlândia, Federal University of Uberlândia Medicine Faculty, Uberlândia, Brazil.

PMID: 28283204
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.01.036

Abstract

We evaluated the influence of a Brazilian resolution, published in 2013, that restricts the performing of urinary catheterization to nurses, as opposed to others from different nursing professional categories, on indicators of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in an intensive care unit. The resolution triggered actions such as the implementation of protocols and nursing staff training that led to behavior changes related to the reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates.

Keywords: Catheterization; Nursing care; Protocols; Training.

MeSH terms

Brazil
Education, Nursing / legislation & jurisprudence*
Education, Nursing / methods*
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Professional Competence / legislation & jurisprudence*
Urinary Tract Infections / epidemiology*
Urinary Tract Infections / prevention & control*