Perceived versus Observed Patient Safety Measures in a Critical Care Unit from a Teaching Hospital in Southern Colombia.

Introduction. Patient safety is an important topic. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the perceived versus observed patient safety measures (PSM) in critically ill patients in a teaching hospital in Latin America. Materials and Methods. The level of perceived patient safety was evaluated with the patient safety hospital survey. Three months later, a qualitative study was conducted, including video recording of procedures, graded according to adherence to PSM. Levels of adherence were scored during patient mobilization (PM), placement of central catheters (PCC), other invasive procedures (OIP), infection control (IC), and endotracheal intubation (ETI). Results. The perceived adherence of PSM in the prestudy survey was considered fair by 89.1% of the ICU staff. After the survey, 829 ICU procedures were video-recorded. Mean observed adherence for fair patient safety measures was 20.8%. Perceived adherence was higher than the real patient safety protocol measures observed in the videos. Conclusion. Perception of PSM was higher than observed in the management of critically ill patients in a teaching hospital in southern Colombia.

Infección urinaria durante el embarazo, perfil de resistencia bacteriana al tratamiento en el Hospital General de Neiva, Colombia / Urinary infection during pregnancy: a profile of resistance to treatment in the General Hospital in Neiva, Colombia

La infección urinaria es frecuente durante el embarazo; la Escherichia coli es el patógeno más común, seguido por Klebsiella pneumoniae, diferentes tipos de Enterobacter, estreptococos y estafilococos. La ampicilina ha sido ampliamente usada como primera elección, sin embargo, la resistencia bacteriana a este antibiótico es alta. Objetivo: determinar el perfil de resistencia microbiana para los gérmenes más frecuentemente implicados en la infección de vías urinarias durante el embarazo. Metodología: se estudiaron los resultados de urocultivo y antibiograma realizados a mujeres embarazadas, en un periodo de 15 meses desde enero de 2004 hasta abril de 2005. Resultados: un total de 45 pacientes tuvieron urocultivo positivo. El germen más frecuentemente aislado fue Escherichia Coli eun un 64 por ciento, seguido de Klebsiella pneumoniae, con un porcentaje de resistencia de Escherichia Coli a la ampicilina del 82 por ciento y a la gentamicina del 3 por ciento.