Development and analysis of the control concept of infections related to health care
Nursing; Infection Control; Health Assistance; Epidemiology.
Introduction: there are several problems that can affect the quality of care and patient safety, among them, Health Care-Related Infections. Nurses work at three levels in relation to the prevention of HAIs, in an interrelated and dynamic way, namely: care, management and in actions as a CCIH nurse. Objective: to develop and analyze the concept of Controller in the Scenario of Infections Related to Health Care. Method: This is a methodological study, conducted by the Hybrid Concept Development Model proposed by Schwartz-Barcott and Kim (2000), carried out in three stages, namely: The first phase will be a scoping review, the second phase will be the data collection through a consensus group of 30 experienced nurses, the third phase aimed to compare, analyze and integrate the results obtained in the previous phases, enabling the writing of the final report. Results: For this analysis, the metacontext was considered to be the norms, resolutions, laws and global, international and national public policies that deal with the subject. For the general context, the attributions of the Control of Infections Related to Health Care were considered. For the specific context, the potentialities and challenges of the Control of Infections Related to Health Care will be talked about and the immediate context will talk about the performance of the HAI controller and his specific actions. Conclusion: The analysis used explained the existing knowledge in the literature about the context of the controller and how it works in health care services.