Quality management in pre-natal care: urinary infections care in a municipality of the Legal Amazon
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the effects of a quality improvement cycle in the prevention and management of UTI during pre-natal.
Methodology: This is a quantitative study with partly completed experimental design type before and after, with no control group, carried out in Cacoal/RO between March 2015 and February 2016. An external quality improvement cycle was applied for the prevention and management of pre-natal urinary infections. This occurred with evaluations of five quality criteria.
Results: Multi-variate analysis of quality improvement, it was observed that most of the criteria of statistical significance (p> 0.001), except criterion 1 which showed a p lower than expected. The criteria 1, 2 and 4 achieved a percentage above 65% compliance in both the samples. With respect to criterion 5, it can be inferred that 10.8% of the analyzed sample contained record examination results EQU and/or altered urine culture, and of these 53% had adequate treatment record.
Conclusion: The methodology used to improve the quality of the external cycle collaborated in the remodeling of the care processes of pre-natal and especially in the integration between care teams and managers of different levels of complexity worked, strengthening co-management and co-participation of workers involved directly in care for users in the municipal health management processes. It has also enabled reflections on the existing flowcharts, providing the re-design of the same as reflected in improving access of pregnant women to health services and quality care.
Downloads
The works published in this magazine are subject to the following terms:
1. The Publications Service of the University of Murcia (the publisher) preserves the copyright of the published works, and encourages and allows the reuse of the works under the license for use stated in point 2.
© Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Murcia, 2011 (© Publications Service, University of Murcia, 2011)
2. The works are published in the electronic edition of the journal under Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 3.0 España(texto legal) “ a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Spain license (legal text)”. They can be copied, used, broadcasted, transmitted and publicly displayed, provided that: i) the authorship and original source of their publication (journal, publisher and URL) are cited; (ii) are not used for commercial purposes; iii) the existence and specifications of this license is mentioned.
3. Conditions of self-archiving. Authors are allowed and encouraged to electronically disseminate the pre-print (pre-reviewed ) and / or post-print (reviewed and accepted for publication) versions of their works prior to publication, as it ensures a wider circulation and dissemination which may lead to a possible increase in its mention and a higher scope among the academic community. RoMEO color: green.
