title: Evaluation of Nosocomial Infection Control Programs in health services.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the Nosocomial Infection Control Programs in hospital institutions regarding structure and process indicators.
  
  
  METHODS
  this is a descriptive, exploratory and quantitative study conducted in 2013. The study population comprised 13 Nosocomial Infection Control Programs of health services in a Brazilian city of the state of São Paulo. Public domain instruments available in the Manual of Evaluation Indicators of Nosocomial Infection Control Practices were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The indicators with the highest average compliance were "Evaluation of the Structure of the Nosocomial Infection Control Programs" (75%) and "Evaluation of the Epidemiological Surveillance System of Nosocomial Infection" (82%) and those with the lowest mean compliance scores were "Evaluation of Operational Guidelines" (58.97%) and "Evaluation of Activities of Control and Prevention of Nosocomial Infection" (60.29%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of indicators identified that, despite having produced knowledge about prevention and control of nosocomial infections, there is still a large gap between the practice and the recommendations.
authors: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors: Mayra Gonçalves
authors: MG
authors: Menegueti
authors: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors: Silvia Rita Marin da Silva
authors: SR
authors: Canini
authors: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Bellissimo-Rodrigues
authors: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors: Ana Maria
authors: AM
authors: Laus
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006296:Health Services; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation