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Objetivo: compreender a percepção dos técnicos de enfermagem de uma UTI e enfermarias de um hospital acerca das metas internacionais de segurança do paciente. Método: trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva, exploratória, qualitativa, realizada com 21 técnicos de enfermagem de um serviço privado, através de um questionário semiestruturado, nos meses de setembro e outubro de 2018. Resultado: como resultado tivemos um grande número de funcionários do sexo feminino (86%) e a maioria na faixa etária entre 25 e 29 anos.

Vision impairment affects approximately 18% of the world population and impacts directly on people’s quality and style of life. The cane is a self-help device used by visually impaired people to improve their functional abilities. When storing or handling a dirty cane with wet dirt on its tip the person may experience an embarrassing and hazardous situation, since the cane can be infected with harmful bacteria deriving from dirt exchanged on the street.

Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) has been defined as a vesiculobullous multiforme erythema of the skin and other organs. It is considered to be the initial stage of a skin reaction which most severe form of presentation is Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), characterized by intense pain and loss of the epithelial surface (greater than 30% of the body surface), compromising the vital functions of the organism, that produced electrolyte imbalance, kidney and ocular involvement, with high catabolism and potential risk of sepsis. Etiologically it is related to the use of drugs in 80% of cases.

Objective: to report the experience during the process of elaborating a standard operating procedure in the cardiopulmonary bypass. Methods: descriptive study of the type of experience report experience between December 2018 and January 2019 in a university hospital in southern Brazil. Results: the need of standardization of procedures, lack of rules and routines may indicate disorganization of the service due to different forms of professional conduct.

Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) has been defined as a vesiculobullous multiforme erythema of the skin and other organs. It is considered to be the initial stage of a skin reaction which most severe form of presentation is Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), characterized by intense pain and loss of the epithelial surface (greater than 30% of the body surface), compromising the vital functions of the organism, that produced electrolyte imbalance, kidney and ocular involvement, with high catabolism and potential risk of sepsis. Etiologically it is related to the use of drugs in 80% of cases.

Objetivo: estimar o risco absoluto de contração de doenças cardiovasculares nos próximos 10 anos, em uma população de idosos, segundo o escore de risco de Framingham. Método: estudo descritivo, transversal com abordagem quantitativa com uma amostra de 70 idosos integrantes de um Projeto de Extensão de uma instituição de ensino privado.

Objective: investigate students’ perception of science teaching in public schools in two cities: Petrolina, Pernambuco (PE) state and Senhor do Bonfim, Bahia (BA) state, Brazil. Materials and Methods: This study used quantitative-qualitative, observational, exploratory methodology.Forty students of both sexes, aged between 12 and 19 years, participated in the research.

Water is our most precious natural resource and something that most of us take for granted. We are now increasingly becoming aware of the importance of water to our survival and its limited supply. The human beings require water for various purposes. The most part of the earth surface i.e. about 71 % is covered by water. Out of total volume of water available on the surface of the earth 97 % is saline water, 2 % water is in the form of ice and glaciers and only 1 % is fresh and potable water. India is well endowed nations in the world in terms of average annual rainfall.

The objective of this research was to investigate aspects related to the use of psychoactive drugs by older people of both genders. The study was an integrative systematic review, in a descriptive and qualitative way from the Brazilian virtual library in health. According to the systematization of the findings, it was possible to verify that there is a shortage of sources about the proposed perspective, also, the identification and professional action before the health services, due to the limitation of knowledge related to the consumption of drugs in old age.

For World Health Organization, patient safety corresponds to minimizing the risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care. The issue of patient care security in institutions seems so obvious and embedded in daily life that when the media reports the occurrence of errors in health care, the reaction is perplexing. Thus, the objective of this study is to discuss the knowledge of nurses professionals related to adverse events, notification and feelings involved in this process.