Hospital infection control program evaluation: validation of the measures properties

• Grant number: 09/06477-8
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2009
• End date: September 30, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Rubia Aparecida Lacerda
• Grantee: Rubia Aparecida Lacerda
• Host Institution: Escola de Enfermagem (EE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The study has the purpose of providing a system for assessing the quality of the programs for hospital infection control through its prior validation using property of measures (validation of construct, discrimination and internal reliability). With of the sample size for both, it can also be implemented a diagnosis of state hospitals in the city of São Paulo. (AU)