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O câncer do colo do útero é um problema de saúde pública no Brasil e atinge principalmente mulheres com maior dificuldade de acesso aos serviços de saúde, o exame papanicolau é de suma importância na prevenção do câncer de colo do útero. Objetivo: de Relatar os resultados das atividades educativas realizadas para usuárias da UBSF O-16 localizada no bairro da Compensa III, Manaus-AM, com a finalidade de aumentar a adesão ao exame Papanicolau. Método: A pesquisa-ação foi realizada em quatro etapas, sendo a inicial a capacitação da equipe de saúde e a criação do fluxo de atendimento, seguida da sensibilização dos(as) usuários(as) através da roda de conversa e oficina educativa com as mulheres na faixa etária estabelecida e no final a análise dos dados. Conclusões: Os resultados mostraram um aumento de 36,4% de coletas na faixa etária, em relação ao mesmo período do ano anterior. Conclui-se que a adequação no processo de trabalho, a implantação do fluxograma de atendimento e o aumento da oferta de coletas, culminaram em modificações de posturas cristalizadas, de modo a permitir o vínculo entre a equipe e as usuárias.

Supplemental material, sj-pptx-1-inv-10.1177_15569845221137886 for Anterior Pathway for Epicardial Left Atrial Appendage Clip Occlusion During Minimally Invasive Atrioventricular Valve Surgery by Maximilian Vondran, Frank Rose, Hendrik Treede, Andreas Liebold, Nicolas Doll, Yeong-Hoon Choi and Alexander Kaminski in Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of hospital-associated infections. Antibiotic stewardship, environmental disinfection, and reduction of transmission via health care workers are the major modes of CDI prevention within hospitals. Methods The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of the environment in the spread of CDI within hospital rooms. Bed tracing of positive-CDI inpatients was performed to detect the strength of association to specific rooms. Environmental cultures were conducted to identify adequacy of environmental C difficile (CD) spores. Whole-genome sequencing was performed to evaluate the degree of CD relatedness. Results Bed tracing performed for 211 CDI patients showed a limited list of high-burden rooms. Environmental cultures for surfaces disinfected with a sporicidal agent were almost entirely negative, whereas the floors were positive for CDI in 15% of the studied patient rooms. Whole-genome sequencing did not detect any close genetic relatedness. Conclusions Unlike in an outbreak setting, bed tracing did not yield conclusive results of room reservoirs. The C diff Banana Broth culture was inexpensive, sensitive, and easy to incubate under aerobic conditions. Sporicidal disinfectants were effective in eliminating CD from the environment. CD spores were found on floors and hard-to-clean surfaces.

Background Interprofessional education strategies are becoming more prevalent as nursing schools integrate interprofessional practice activities into their curricula. Purpose This paper presents the results of a federally funded project to deliver online interprofessional education to nursing students on screening for alcohol and substance use in rural areas, in which their perceptions about interprofessional education were measured. Methods A quasi-experimental within-subjects repeated measures design was utilized. Students in the bachelor or associate degree program were recruited from two rural nursing schools. A demographic questionnaire, Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Questionnaire, Drug and Drug Problems Questionnaire, and Interprofessional Education Perception Scale were utilized. General linear modeling was used to determine changes in these measurements over time. Data collection was performed at pretraining, posttraining, and following an online interprofessional dialogue. Results The study consisted of 89 nursing students. The participants were 87% female (n = 77/89) and 91% white (n = 81/89); their mean age was 24.9 years (standard deviation = 10.36). Analysis of evaluation questionnaires demonstrated increased levels of confidence in working with patients who consume alcohol or other drugs and on certain aspects of interprofessional education. Conclusion Online interprofessional preservice education holds the potential to positively increase nursing students’ confidence in working with patients and to increase their interprofessional practice.