The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on a national project preventing healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units.

Beginning in 2018, a quality improvement collaborative initiative in Brazil successfully reduced the baseline incidence density of healthcare-associated infections in intensive care settings after 2 years. We describe the adaptations of the quality improvement interventions as the COVID-19 pandemic emerged and how the pandemic affected the project outcomes.

A National Implementation Project to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Intensive Care Units: A Collaborative Initiative Using the Breakthrough Series Model.

Background: Although there are simple and low-cost measures to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), they remain a major public health problem. Quality issues and a lack of knowledge about HAI control among healthcare professionals may contribute to this scenario. In this study, our aim is to present the implementation of a project to prevent HAIs in intensive care units (ICUs) using the quality improvement (QI) collaborative model Breakthrough Series (BTS). Methods: A QI report was conducted to assess the results of a national project in Brazil between January 2018 and February 2020. A 1-year preintervention analysis was conducted to determine the incidence density baseline of the 3 main HAIs: central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), ventilation-associated pneumonia (VAP), and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CA-UTIs). The BTS methodology was applied during the intervention period to coach and empower healthcare professionals providing evidence-based, structured, systematic, and auditable methodologies and QI tools to improve patients' care outcomes. Results: A total of 116 ICUs were included in this study. The 3 HAIs showed a significant decrease of 43.5%, 52.1%, and 65.8% for CLABSI, VAP, and CA-UTI, respectively. A total of 5140 infections were prevented. Adherence to bundles inversely correlated with the HAI incidence densities: CLABSI insertion and maintenance bundle (R = -0.50, P = .010 and R = -0.85, P < .001, respectively), VAP prevention bundle (R = -0.69, P < .001), and CA-UTI insertion and maintenance bundle (R = -0.82, P < .001 and R = -0.54, P = .004, respectively). Conclusions: Descriptive data from the evaluation of this project show that the BTS methodology is a feasible and promising approach to preventing HAIs in critical care settings.

Projeto Paciente Seguro ­ fase 1: relato de experiência / Patient Safety Project - phase 1: experience report

O Ministério da Saúde em parceria com um dos hospitais de excelência do Brasil desenvolveu o Projeto Paciente Seguro pelo Programa de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Institucional do Sistema Único de Saúde, com o propósito de apoiar instituições na implementação do Programa Nacional de Segurança do Paciente. Este estudo tem como objetivo relatar a experiência da fase I do Projeto Paciente Seguro. Trata-se de um relato de experiência realizado no período de maio de 2016 a dezembro de 2017. A metodologia utilizada para implementar os protocolos foi o Modelo de Melhoria, o qual aplica testes rápidos em pequena escala para melhoria nos processos assistenciais. As intervenções realizadas permitiram identificar que compartilhar experiências, envolver a equipe assistencial e lideranças nos testes, foi fundamental para trabalhar a segurança do paciente nas instituições, obtendo uma redução de 100% em quedas e de 51,6% em lesão por pressão

The Ministry of Health in partnership with one of the hospitals of excellence in Brazil developed the Safe Patient Project through the Institutional Development Support Program of the Unified Health System, with the purpose of supporting institutions in the implementation of the National Patient Safety Program. This study aims to report the experience of phase I of the Safe Patient Project. This is an experience report carried out from May 2016 to December 2017. The methodology used to implement the protocols was the Improvement Model, which applies rapid tests on a small scale to improve care processes. The interventions made it possible to identify that sharing experiences, involving the assistance team and leadership in the tests, was fundamental to work on patient safety in the institutions, obtaining a reduction of 100% in falls and 51.6% in pressure injuries

Ventilaçäo com pressäo positiva näo invasiva em tórax instável: relato de um caso / Nonivasive positive pressure ventilation in flail chest: Case report

A ventilaçäo com pressäo positiva näo invasiva (VPPNI) tem sido usada para tratar insuficiência respiratória aguda (IRA) em pacientes críticos. Entretanto, para nosso conhecimento, näo existe relato na literatura do uso de VPPNI para manejo de IRA por tórax instável. Nós relatamos o caso de uma paciente de 30 anos, que sofreu um acidente automobilístico, com IRA devido a tórax instável por fratura de 3ª a 6ª junçoes costo-condro-esternais direitas. A paciente foi tratada com VPPNI em Servo 900 C (Siemens) por máscara nasal com pressäo expiratória de 5 cm H2O, pressäo suporte inspiratória de 10 cm H2O e FiO2 de 0,35 por sete dias, recebendo alta da UTI no 9§ dia. Näo houve o desenvolvimento de infecçäo nosocomial. Embora este caso seja um relato isolado, ele sugere que IRA por tórax instável pode ser manejada com VPPNI.