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The surgical center unit (SC) is defined by the Ministry of Health as the set of environments intended for surgical activities, as well as anesthetic and postoperative recovery. It is currently characterized as a socio-technical-structured, administrative and psychosocial system that is located within a hospital. The lack of time, the overload of activities, the execution of concomitant administrative and care functions, the lack of team training and the lack of a protocol in the hospital are challenges to the implementation of the Nursing Care Systematization (SAE). As a result of carrying out the work, it is possible to identify possible obstacles that hinder the implementation of SAE in the surgical center. Even though the nursing team recognizes the importance of implementing SAE in the active sector for the continuity and quality of nursing care, this practice is not carried out as it really should be. The Systematization of Nursing Care (SAE) is a process that involves the organization, planning, execution and evaluation of nursing care for the patient. In the context of the surgical center, SAE is essential to ensure safe and quality care. The Systematization of Nursing Care in the surgical center contributes to the standardization of care, patient safety and the promotion of effective recovery in the perioperative period. It is important that the nursing team is up to date with the best practices and regulations related to surgical care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective was to identify and describe the trends in the production of knowledge in Brazilian theses and dissertations on the health of the worker who works in an operating room. Documentary study, carried out in the Periodical Catalog of the Coordination for the Improvement of Personnel and in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. Studies with complete abstracts were included, which addressed the theme of health of the worker who works in an operating room. Of the 47 selected studies, dissertations produced in 2014 in the Southeast region predominated, with a quantitative approach. The trends identified in the production of knowledge were Stress and Occupational Risks. The most significant cause of stress was interpersonal relationships. Among the diseases are, depression, burnout syndrome and sleep disorders. Biological risks were the most prominent, followed by ergonomic, physical, and chemical risks. This study points out gaps to be explored by future research, on behalf of the workers' health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To analyze the perception of Nurses about the Systematization of Perioperative Nursing Care (SAEP) and its implementation in a reference hospital in a city in the state of Ceará - Brazil. The study was carried out with ten nurses from that hospital. Meetings were held and questions were raised on the topic addressed and educational activities on SAEP were carried out. It was shown that SAEP was not performed in the routine of the unit; however, according to the nurses, they had knowledge about systematization and knew the importance of its implementation. The results obtained with the questionnaires were satisfactory in terms of the possibility of implementing the systematization. It was observed that the accomplishment of the educational activity reduced doubts of the professionals on the subject. In this study it was possible to notice that even with the professionals' knowledge regarding systematization, this process is not applied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Canceling surgeries creates stress for the patient and burdens the institution, reflecting inefficiency in hospital administration. The present study, designed as a quantitative, observational, descriptive, retrospective, prospective and crosssectional research, analyzed the scheduled, performed and suspended surgeries of the Unified Health System (with the highest percentage of cancellations), in a teaching hospital, categorized by specialty, reason for suspension and source of payment, from the years 2014 to 2017. The study proposes a nursing intervention system, in order to reduce the cancellation of UHS surgeries, based on a nursing consultation and active search (telephone contact with the patient or family member), 48 hours before surgery. The study, carried out with 159 UHS patients with scheduled elective surgeries, found that the average of surgical suspensions was 17%, above the general historical average (10.5%) and the historical average of UHS (14%). After the intervention, the observed suspension rate was 15.3%, lower than the rate of 22%, when there was no prior contact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Verify the knowledge of the surgical team on the performance of the safe surgery checklist in operating room. Method: Quantitative, cross-sectional, exploratory and descriptive research. Data obtained through a structured script interview, applied to hospital operating room professionals in northeastern Rio Grande do Sul. Results: The study included 123 professionals, 43 nursing technicians, 13 nurses, 18 anesthetists and 49 surgeons. 100% of participants reported knowing the checklist, 65% received training, 98% considered it important for patient safety, and 75% claimed to check the checklist information before signing. Regarding the number of steps in the checklist 82% were correct, and regarding the knowledge about the steps, the one that had the most hits was step 1 (82% hits), followed by step 3 which had 77.35% hits. Conclusion: The professionals surveyed have knowledge about the checklist, however there are steps that are not clear, denoting the need for training and professionalization of care to improve the quality of patient care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: To identify and describe the perceptions of nurses working in the surgical center of a public hospital in the Federal District regarding quality of life. Methodology: Descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data collection was done through a semistructured interview with a sample of 11 nurses, from September 2016 to January 2017. The testimonies were transcribed and analyzed by the content analysis technique, through which the evocations were organized and grouped into categories. Results: After the analysis, the themes emerged: perception of quality of life and quality of life at work. Conclusions: Quality of life was observed as a polysemic term, having a direct relation with the work. The research aims to provide subsidies for the formulation of strategies to benefit the quality of life of professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to identify the factors involved in implanting the safe surgery checklist in a university hospital. Methodology: Descriptive, exploratory study with a qualitative approach. Data collection was carried out from March to May 2017, through interviews later transcribed in full. Three nurses, four nursing residents, seven medical residents and nine nursing technicians participated in the study. For the data treatment, Bardin content analysis was used. Results: were grouped into two axes - the factors that make it difficult to implement the checklist, being these, modify the culture, material deficit, team resistance and bureaucracy; and the factors that favor it, such as being a university hospital and professional qualification. Conclusion: The cultural change was highlighted as a difficult factor in the implementation process of the safe surgery checklist, in contrast, the main factor that favors this process is the institution being a teaching unit having the academic body inserted in the care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to understand postsurgical complications of a hysterectomy for women. Method: integrative literature review, associating "hysterectomy" and "complications". There were nine original articles included; available in their entirety; in the Portuguese and Spanish languages; published between 2005 and 2014. Result: the study demonstrated that hysterectomy brings complications such as: bladder injury, urinary tract infections, rectal injury, incomplete evacuation sensation, vaginal cuff infection, dome hematoma, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary infection, anemia, pelvic vein thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, hemorrhage, hypovolemic shock and sepsis. Conclusion: postsurgical complications related with hysterectomy compromise various systems of the body. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to identify the importance given to the control of hospital infection in the surgical center by the nursing team. This is an integrative literature review. A bibliographic research was developed, identifying 8 articles that were focused on researches that addressed issues on the Control of Infection in Surgical Centers under the perspective of the Nursing Team. The results demonstrated that there is a concern of the nursing team in the surgical centers in relation to the control of hospital infection under diverse perspectives and viewpoints. We emphasize the importance of the recurrence of this discussion to raise awareness of nursing professionals. We emphasize the importance of the discussion to raise awareness of nursing professionals, seeking alternatives to improve the management process of hospital infections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The job is an extraordinary ancestor of comorbidities and death, it is imperative to design the occupational impact on health, both in general and by the health sector to prevent the modifiable causes of morbidity and mortality. This study was based on a literature review, descriptive, qualitative, which had as a research resource filtering in search engines Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), NCBI PubMed and Google Scholar, for the choice of scientific articles and books that address the issue. Within this context, this review study aimed to describe the main strategies for prevention and control of diseases referred by physicians, originating from occupational sources, specifically within an ergonomic approach in surgical centers. The hospital environment is unhealthy for grouping patients with various infectious diseases and enables various processes that instill accident risks for health professionals. The surgery center has requirements postural static, dynamic, especially cervical and dorsal musculature, linked to the demands of attention and concentration. This review sought to show the significance of measures of control and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. It is imperative to abolish organizational problems to be feasible to apply a tactic to ensure lasting quality of life for doctors in the surgery. Planning that aims to combat stress and work overload functions, adapting the physical environment, exchange sessions among employees minimizes stress and should be practiced. The adaptation of the physical environment, together with the hiring regular employees to cooperate to reduce the stress and improve the quality of services provided to users, contributing to a health service more perfect and efficient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, the organ related to sexuality, the emotional, social and family; requiring specialized perioperative nursing care. The aim of this study was to descr ibe what the perioperative nursing care for hysterectomy. It is exploratory in nature, literature review, using the electronic items as objects in the database LILACS and SciELO. Using the following descriptors: nursing, perioperative, hysterectomy, preoperative care, surgery, were considered the last 10 years of publication. The approach to the qualitative type content analysis. From the literature, was obtained as the main results in relation to preoperative nursing care should be directed to the emotional aspects of the woman who has uterus totally or partially withdrawn it may mean the end of the reproductive cycle and sexuality, and guidelines related to the preparation before surgery of biological, psychological , social and spiritual. Thus, it is conc luded that the Perioperative Nursing should take care of women submitted to HTA as a human being with feelings and human needs themselves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Processing Service Clothing is very important into the hospital settings, because the efficiency of the hospital depends os the effectiveness of this operation, reflecting specially in the aspects of infection control, recovering, comfort, patient safety and reducing hospital costs. The present study aimed to conceptualize the hospital laundry service, describe the steps of the process of washing clothes and the importance of this service in the hospital costs, and also propose an alternative separation of clothes by category in the Surgical Center, to minimize costs. The present article was developed through a literature review with analysis of published articles between 1982 and 2012. The given above, it is concluded that the quality of the activities of the Service Processing Clothing is intrinsically related to the management of all phases of the process. The nursing staff especially can contribute to reduction of costs related to the separation appropriate clothing according to their degree of contamination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]