{"id":17611,"date":"2025-07-08T11:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/services\/primary-care\/infectious-disease-prevention\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T17:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:25:26","slug":"infectious-disease-prevention","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/infectious-disease-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Preven\u00e7\u00e3o de doen\u00e7as infecciosas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As thousands of hospital-acquired infections happen each year, infection control is necessary in all areas of health care and vital for a patient\u2019s safety. At Southcoast Health, we offer infectious disease prevention at all our locations. Infectious disease prevention, or infection control, aims to stop the transmission of contagious diseases in health care settings. It is closely related to epidemiology, which is the study of the causes, effects and patterns of disease in a population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Infection Control in MA &amp; RI from Our Specialists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Quando se dirige a um local da Southcoast Health para preven\u00e7\u00e3o de doen\u00e7as infecciosas, ser\u00e1 tratado por um especialista em doen\u00e7as infecciosas, como um epidemiologista, e por um enfermeiro registado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O nosso processo de controlo de doen\u00e7as inclui:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Precau\u00e7\u00f5es normais<\/strong>: Estas s\u00e3o as medidas m\u00ednimas de preven\u00e7\u00e3o de infec\u00e7\u00f5es que se aplicam a todas as \u00e1reas de cuidados aos doentes, incluindo a lavagem das m\u00e3os, a cobertura da tosse, pr\u00e1ticas de inje\u00e7\u00e3o seguras e a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o de luvas, m\u00e1scaras e batas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Precau\u00e7\u00f5es baseadas na transmiss\u00e3o<\/strong>: Trata-se de medidas que v\u00e3o para al\u00e9m das precau\u00e7\u00f5es normais aplic\u00e1veis a pessoas com doen\u00e7as altamente contagiosas conhecidas ou suspeitas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Educa\u00e7\u00e3o e forma\u00e7\u00e3o<\/strong>: Trata-se de um processo cont\u00ednuo que visa garantir que todo o pessoal da unidade de cuidados de sa\u00fade \u00e9 competente em mat\u00e9ria de pr\u00e1ticas de controlo de infec\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vigil\u00e2ncia e comunica\u00e7\u00e3o<\/strong>: A monitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o dos surtos e das \u00e1reas a melhorar e a comunica\u00e7\u00e3o dos dados necess\u00e1rios \u00e0s ag\u00eancias locais, estatais e federais s\u00e3o fundamentais para controlar os surtos existentes e impedir a sua propaga\u00e7\u00e3o a outras \u00e1reas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Embora a maior parte do controlo das doen\u00e7as infecciosas seja feito nos bastidores, os doentes e os familiares podem fazer a sua parte para evitar a propaga\u00e7\u00e3o de doen\u00e7as. Fazer coisas simples como lavar as m\u00e3os ou tossir pode ajudar a impedir que uma doen\u00e7a circule no hospital. Al\u00e9m disso, n\u00e3o se iniba de proteger a sua pr\u00f3pria sa\u00fade, lembrando \u00e0 fam\u00edlia, aos amigos e at\u00e9 aos prestadores de cuidados de sa\u00fade que devem lavar ou higienizar as m\u00e3os.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As thousands of hospital-acquired infections happen each year, infection control is necessary in all areas of health care and vital for a patient\u2019s safety. 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