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Effectiveness of high-level disinfection of semi-critical medical materials to reduce microbial load
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2018-11-25) Humán Flores, Pamela; Rivera Lozada De Bonilla, Oriana
Objective: Systematize the evidence on the effectiveness of high-level disinfection in semi-critical materials to reduce the microbial load. Methodology: systematic descriptive review, to collect the articles those that present full text have been taken and those that were selected were subjected to a critical reading where the GRADE evaluation is used to verify the degree of evidence. Results: 10 articles have been definitively selected, we found that 40% (04) correspond to Brazil, 30% (3) correspond to the United States, 20% (2) correspond to Peru and 10% (1) correspond to Argentina. Where 40% (n=04/10) of these state, they show that high-level disinfection in semi-critical materials is not effective and recommended for this type of medical materials as long as it is not done and a correct process is not followed. due to lack of knowledge or commitment on the part of the working staff; also for not knowing how to use the correct DAN following the technical specifications recommended by the manufacturer, 20% (n=02/10) of these mention that the DAN is effective, 20% (n=02/10) mention that The personnel who are going to use the semi-critical materials must have prior training for the good management of the DAN, 10% (n=01/10) refer and emphasize that the use of the DAN in materials is necessary. semi-critical and 10% (n=01/10) do not report data due to lack of evidence. Conclusions: Based on the scientific articles reviewed, it is concluded that DAN is effective as long as the cleaning and disinfection steps are correctly followed, follow the manufacturer's recommendations, establish protocols in health institutions and have knowledge of DAN good practices.