title: [Reprocessing critical devices in a primary health care unit: worker's profile and developed actions].
abstract: Descriptve-exploratory study that aimed to outline the profile and the actions of workers who conduct the reprocessing of critical devices at primary health care units in a city in the State of São Paulo. Thirty-four primary health care units were surveyed. Individuals responsible for reprocessing are nursing assistants (88.2%), that conducted concomitantly activities related to immunization (11.7%), dressing (26.4%) collection of samples for exams (23.5%); 32.4% had received training at the beginning of their reprocessing activities, and 8,82% at least one year before. The lack of dully skilled individuals may influence the quality of the process and constitute a limiting factor for the control of cross infection.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Paulista, Campinas, SP.
authors.forename: Lidiana Flora Vidôto da
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Maria Isabel Pedreira de
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Freitas
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004203:Disinfection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017743:Equipment Reuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013242:Sterilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data