Use of contact precautions in the control of hospital infection in an intensive care unit: an integrative Review
Hospital Infections (HI) are a serious public health problem, so, the present study aimed at analyzing the strategies associated with contact precautions in the reduction of microorganisms in the ICU. This is an integrative review of the literature, using the following steps: development of the guiding question; search for studies in the databases; selection of articles; extraction of data from studies; evaluation of the selected studies; analysis and synthesis of the results and presentation of the review.