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A progressively increasing percentage of the elderly live during the last years of their lives in nursing homes. Although these institutions are intended to mimic life at home as much as possible, they have characteristics that make them quite similar to a nosocomiun, i.e. an establishment for the treatment of the sick. The very coexistence among the elderly, the fact of sharing caregivers and the very significant exposure to third parties, together with the frequent predisposing diseases to infection in this population, make infection frequent among residents and also easily transmissible. This leads us to ask what can be done to prevent infection in this environment and more specifically what is the state of the art of the matter in a Western European nation such as ours. The Board of Trustees of the Health Sciences Foundation has asked itself a series of questions on the subject of infection prevention in Nursing Homes, the structure of procedures, the legislation available, compliance with the measures indicated, the best indicators of the processes and therefore, the need to promote in Spain a document of recommendations to avoid infections in this poplation whose morbidity and mortality need not be highlighted. To this end, a multidisciplinary group of experts in different aspects of this problem has been convened and asked the proposed questions. The questions were discussed by the group as a whole and led to a series of conclusions agreed upon by the participants. The results of the meeting are reported below (AU)
Un porcentaje progresivamente creciente de las personas mayores viven durante los últimos años de su vida en residencias de ancianos. Dichas instituciones, aunque pretenden remedar lo más posible la vida en el hogar, tienen características que las hace bastante parecidas a un nosocomio, es decir a un establecimiento destinado al tratamiento de enfermos. La propia convivencia entre los ancianos, el hecho de compartir cuidadores y la exposición muy importante a terceras personas, junto con las frecuentes enfermedades predisponentes a la infección de esta población, hacen que la infección sea frecuente entre los residentes y que además sea fácilmente transmisible. Esto nos lleva a preguntarnos qué puede hacerse para prevenir la infección en este medio y más concretamente cuál es el estado del arte de la cuestión en una nación de Europa Occidental como la nuestra. El patronato de la Fundación de Ciencias de la Salud se ha formulado una serie de preguntas sobre el tema de la prevención de la infección en las Residencias de Mayores, la estructura de la misma, la legislación vigente, el cumplimiento de las medidas indicadas, los indicadores de los procesos y por ende, la necesidad de fomentar en España un documento de recomendaciones para evitar infecciones en esta población cuya morbilidad y mortalidad no necesitan ser resaltadas. Para ello, se ha convocado a un grupo multidisciplinar de expertos en distintos aspectos de este problema a los que se les han formulado las preguntas propuestas. Las preguntas han sido discutidas por el grupo en su conjunto y han conducido a una serie de conclusiones consensuadas entre los participantes. Pasamos, a continuación a relatar los resultados de la reunión (AU)
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Humanos , Controle de Infecções/métodos , Assistência de Longa Duração , Assistência a Idosos , Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos , EspanhaRESUMO
Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery is one of the most effective measures for preventing surgical site infection, although its use is frequently inadequate and may even increase the risk of infection, toxicities and bacterial resistance. As a result of advances in surgical techniques and the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms, the current guidelines for prophylaxis need to be revised. La Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas (Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology) (SEIMC) together with the Asociación Española de Cirujanos (Spanish Association of Surgeons) (AEC) have revised and updated the recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis to adapt them to any type of surgical intervention and to current epidemiology. This document gathers together the recommendations on antimicrobial prophylaxis in the various procedures, with doses, duration, prophylaxis in special patient groups, and in epidemiological settings of multidrug resistance to facilitate standardized management and the safe, effective and rational use of antibiotics in elective surgery.
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Doenças Transmissíveis , Cirurgiões , Antibioticoprofilaxia , Consenso , Humanos , Infecção da Ferida Cirúrgica/prevenção & controleRESUMO
Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery is one of the most effective measures for preventing surgical site infection, although its use is frequently inadequate and may even increase the risk of infection, toxicities and antimicrobial resistance. As a result of advances in surgical techniques and the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms, the current guidelines for prophylaxis need to be revised. The Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas (Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology) (SEIMC) together with the Asociación Española de Cirujanos (Spanish Association of Surgeons) (AEC) have revised and updated the recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery to adapt them to any type of surgical intervention and to current epidemiology. This document gathers together the recommendations on antimicrobial prophylaxis in the various procedures, with doses, duration, prophylaxis in special patient groups, and in epidemiological settings of multidrug resistance to facilitate standardized management and the safe, effective and rational use of antibiotics in elective surgery.
