Higienização das mãos e utilização de equipamentos de proteção individual nas assistentes operacionais - uma melhoria nos cuidados / Hand hygiene and use of personal protective equipment in operational assistants - an improvement in care
Infections Associated with Health Care can be prevented through hand hygiene. The nurse is responsible for training and empowering the community. Training is essential to promote the skills acquisition, increase productivity and the quality of care provided. The use of systematic literaturereview guided by the question "How to promote the prevention of infections in the care provided by operational assistants?" revealed strategies to training. Based on the Health Planningmethodology, the nursing diagnosis was elaborated according to Betty Neuman Conceptual Model "threat to the line of defense of operational assistants, related to intrapersonal stressors due to lack of knowledge and training". The operationalization of the project "Empower to Care", through training sessions contributed to the training of operational assistants in the improvement of the care provided, acquisition of personal and professional skills, appropriate to the professional activity.