M E Fuentes Ferrer

Publications (2)2.01 Total impact

• Article: [Effectiveness of an intervention to improve the compliance of hand hygiene in a tertiary hospital].

  M E Fuentes-Ferrer, B Peláez-Ros, R Andrade-Lobato, N del Prado-González, S Cano-Escudero, J Fereres-Castiel
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  ABSTRACT: The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of an intervention to improve the compliance with hand hygiene (HH) and the detection of factors associated with non-compliance. A before and after intervention study with two cross-sectional and direct observations of HH compliance was performed. The intervention was targeted at all the health workers and hospital departments directly related with patients and their healthcare environment. One hundred and sixty observation periods were included in each cross-sectional observation, accounting for a total of 5,245 observed opportunities of HH among 947 health workers. Hand hygiene compliance showed a significant increase of 7.7% (95% CI: 5.5-9.9; P<.001) with a pre-intervention and post-intervention HH compliance of 17.4% (95% CI: 16.0-18.9) and 25.5% (95% CI: 23.5-26.9), respectively. The following variables showed an independent association with the non-compliance of HH: morning shift (0.32; 95% CI: 0.24-0.42), being a nurse (OR: 0.44; 95%CI: 0.29-0.65), working in an intensive care unit (OR: 0.14: 95%CI: 0.10-0.18), non-use of gloves (OR:0.58: 95% CI:0.48-0.69), observed opportunities of HH arising after high risk contact (OR:0.30: 95% CI: 0.22-0.41) and after low risk contact (OR:0.43: 95% CI:0.32-0.58). The intervention has independently and significantly improved hand hygiene in the hospital. Multimodal strategies need to be designed in healthcare settings in order to increase HH compliance among health workers.
  Revista de calidad asistencial: organo de la Sociedad Española de Calidad Asistencial 11/2011; 27(1):3-10.
• Article: [Epidemiology of drug poisoning in the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital during a year].

  L Medina González, M E Fuentes Ferrer, J P Suárez Llanos, M I Arranz Peña, E Ochoa Mangado
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  ABSTRACT: In recent years, there has been an increase of drugs poisoning cases seen in the Emergency Department. This study has aimed to evaluate the characteristics of these cases in the Ramón and Cajal Hospital in Madrid. A descriptive analysis about the drug poisonings diagnosed in 2004 was performed, using a retrospective search in the database of the electronic clinical records. The studied variables were gender, age, intention, drugs, admission into the hospital and relapse. There were 566 drug poisoning (47%) with a cumulative incidence of 0.1%, in which women (62.3%) were found to predominate, and the average patient age was 42.46+/-19.97 years (range 14-100 years). In 64.31% of the cases (566), only one kind of drug was used, benzodiazepine being the most common. This appeared at least once in 62% of the cases. Furthermore, 83% were cases of voluntary poisoning. Of the involuntary poisonings, digoxin was the most common drug with a frequency of 58.4%. A total of 28.6% of the cases were admitted into hospital, while the total number of patients who suffered a relapse in this period was 10%. Voluntary drug intoxications are caused mostly by psychoactive drugs, likely due to a high prevalence of underlying psychiatric disease in these patients. However, unintentional intoxications are mainly found in patients under chronic treatment with drugs such as digoxin and antiepileptics. More studies should be carried out to analyze which kind of preventive actions could reduce or avoid the high number of relapses.
  Revista Clínica Española 11/2008; 208(9):432-6. · 2.01 Impact Factor