Abstract
To analyze curricular integration between teaching of patient safety and good infection prevention and control practices. Integrative review, designed to answer the question: "How does curricular integration of content about 'patient safety teaching' and content about 'infection prevention and control practices' occur in undergraduate courses in the health field?". The following databases were searched for primary studies: CINAHL, LILACS, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Scopus, Europe PMC and MEDLINE. The final sample consisted of 13 studies. After content analysis, primary studies were grouped into two subject categories: "Innovative teaching practices" and "Curricular evaluation. Patient safety related to infection prevention and control practices is present in the curriculum of health undergraduate courses, but is not coordinated with other themes, is taught sporadically, and focuses mainly on hand hygiene.
Highlights
Patient safety is a widely discussed subject worldwide, especially because of the high incidence of adverse events in health institutions
The Brazilian Ministry of Health instituted the National Patient Safety Program in 2013, based on international guidelines, to prevent and/or reduce the incidence of adverse effects related to healthcare services. This program ensured the inclusion of the topic of ‘patient safety’ in the curriculum of health undergraduate courses[5], but did not specify the mechanisms that should be used to evaluate the insertion of this subject
Patient safety interventions focused on prevention of negative situations and monitoring of potentially harmful procedures reduce the possibility of iatrogenesis and other adverse events
Summary
Patient safety is a widely discussed subject worldwide, especially because of the high incidence of adverse events in health institutions. Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) stand out among the factors that represent threats to patient safety, both because of their high frequency and the high morbimortality that they cause. This problem has challenged scientific and technological advances and prompted professionals, researchers and organizations to propose effective prevention and control measures[3,4]. Faced with this issue, the Brazilian Ministry of Health instituted the National Patient Safety Program in 2013, based on international guidelines, to prevent and/or reduce the incidence of adverse effects related to healthcare services. This program ensured the inclusion of the topic of ‘patient safety’ in the curriculum of health undergraduate courses[5], but did not specify the mechanisms that should be used to evaluate the insertion of this subject
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