%0 Journal Article
%T Compara£¿£¿o entre duas t¨¦cnicas de higieniza£¿£¿o das m£¿os em pacientes de di¨¢lise peritoneal
%A Siqueira
%A Soraia Lemos
%A Figueiredo
%A Ana Elizabeth
%A Figueiredo
%A Carlos Eduardo Poli de
%A D'Avila
%A Domingos Ot¨¢vio
%J Jornal Brasileiro de Nefrologia
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
%R 10.5935/0101-2800.20120025
%X introduction: hand hygiene is an important procedure in preventing peritoneal dialysis-related infections. objective: to compare the effectiveness of two distinct techniques for hand hygiene in reducing the number of colony-forming units in patients on peritoneal dialysis. materials and method: controlled clinical trial. thirty patients underwent three collections of microbiological flora from the hands in three different instances: before and after hand washing with glycerin soap and water, and after rubbing 70% glycerin gel-alcohol. cultures were obtained by applying the fingers surface directly on agar-blood plates. results: cultures mean growth were 31, 30 e 12 colony-forming units prior to washing, after washing with glycerin soap and water, and following gel-alcohol, respectively (p < 0.001). staphylococcus epidermidis was the predominant germ in culture, occurring in 93.7% of seeded plates. conclusion: hand rubbing with gel-alcohol was more effective in reducing the number of colonies recovered than the other methods.
%K ethanol
%K peritoneal dialysis
%K renal insufficiency
%K chronic
%K skin care.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-28002012000400008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en