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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Enfermagem (EE) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Senior Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Nursing, School of Nursing, University of São Paulo. She has a degree in Nursing from the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing (EERP-USP) (1984), a master's degree in Biological Sciences, Microbiology from the Institute of Biology of the State University of Campinas (1998), and a doctorate in Clinical Medicine, basic area, from the School of Medical Sciences of the State University of Campinas (2005). Fellow in the Brazil Visiting Fellowship Program at the University of Nottingham (2012); post-doctoral internship (FAPESP support) at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (2016), Specialist in Surgical Center, Sterile Material Center and Anesthetic Recovery by the Brazilian Society of Surgical Center Nurses (SOBECC) and Specialist in Hospital Management by the State University of Campinas. She served as Technical Officer in the Infection Prevention Unit at the World Health Organization (2019-2020). She is currently a board member of the Brazilian Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ABIH). She works since 2020 as a technical consultant for the World Health Organization, in the Infection Prevention and Control, Country Readiness Strengthening unit of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) D. Themes: - Epidemiology of Health Service-Related Infections (HAIs); - Public policies for HAI control; - Prevention and control measures for HAIs and other infectious diseases. CNPq Area of Activity: - Nursing, Nursing in Emerging, Re-emerging and Neglected Diseases, Nursing in Collective Health, Epidemiology, Infections related to health care. Research groups: Leader of the Research Group on Public Policies, Epidemiology and Technologies for the Prevention of Healthcare-Related Infections (http:// dgp.cnpq.br/dgp/espelhogrupo/0321935708784290); Member of the Research Group on Good Practices for Controlling the Transmission of Healthcare-Related Pathogens (http://dgp.cnpq.br/dgp/espelhogrupo/3898782169470785). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Blood Stream Infections (BSI) are the most severe Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) that occurs at the Intensive Care Units (UCI), therefore it is essential giving priority to the measures aimed at reducing them. Up to now, there is no study evaluating the economic impact at government level on strategies to prevent BSI. The objective of this study is to develop a cost-effectiveness …
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Introduction: the healthcare-associated infections (HAI) have been considered a serious public health problem in Brazil and worldwide affecting the public healthcare systems and patients. Surgical Site Infections (SSI) are among the most frequent HAI in the healthcare facilities. Epidemiological surveillance is considered as an essential strategy for the prevention of IRAS. National autho…
Health care-associated infections (HAI) are relevant public health problem. According to the World Health Organization, nations are required to have HAI programmes at both national or local (health care settings) level. Despite needs of more research to get scientific evidence on several issues, most of infection prevention and control measures are currently well established. Nevertheless…
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