Adesão às medidas de prevenção de infecção do sítio cirúrgico em hospitais

Objective: To assess compliance with actions for surgical site infection prevention and control, adopted in clinical practice in accordance with the recommendations proposed by the World Health Organization: auditing the moment of antibiotic administration, trichotomy with an electric clipper/disposable blade, material sterility confirmation, and surveillance and dissemination of surgical site infection rates. Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study, carried out in 30 hospitals in the state of Minas Gerais, from February 2018 to April 2019, based on an audit of a surgical procedure, situational diagnosis and interview with Hospital Infection Control Services. Results: In 93.3% of Hospital Infection Control Services, protocols for prophylactic antibiotic use and compliance audits were reported, 69% reported trichotomy with an electric clipper. All carried out surgical site infection surveillance, however, only 63.3% carried out rate disclosure. In the situational diagnosis, trichotomy was performed