PMID- 28724043
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170929
LR  - 20220310
IS  - 1806-9282 (Electronic)
IS  - 0104-4230 (Linking)
VI  - 63
IP  - 5
DP  - 2017 May
TI  - Compulsory notification at skilled nursing facilities.
PG  - 447-451
LID - S0104-42302017000500447 [pii]
LID - 10.1590/1806-9282.63.05.447 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Notifiable diseases (NDs) encompass conditions of high clinical 
      severity and/or contagious. Being closed communities, long-term care facilities 
      (LTCF) are places that deserve attention on their own, but one might be left 
      wondering: what is the reality of NDs at Brazilian LTCFs? OBJECTIVE: To determine 
      the prevalence and type of NDs at large LTCF. METHOD: Active search for NDs 
      conducted by the Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC) in 459 beds. Due to 
      the low turnover of patients, the monthly list kept by the HICC on NDs was 
      analyzed. Data were grouped into males and females, and into elderly (age >/= 60 
      years) and non-elderly (age </= 59 years). RESULTS: 31 diseases in 29 patients 
      (6.9% of all inpatients - 19 males and 10 females): 23 cases of hepatitis C, five 
      of hepatitis B, two of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and one case of renal 
      tuberculosis. One patient with hepatitis B and another HIV-positive also had 
      hepatitis C. There was no statistical significance in the comparison of the two 
      groups with the total number of other institutionalized patients - by age and 
      gender - for total number of NDs and cases of hepatitis C (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: 
      Chronic NDs and those requiring chronic treatment observed in this study suggest 
      that Brazil needs more studies to define the dynamics of these diseases at LTCFs.
FAU - Gorzoni, Milton Luiz
AU  - Gorzoni ML
AD  - Adjunct Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas 
      da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo (FCMSCSP), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
FAU - Aguado, Marcia Regina Valadares
AU  - Aguado MRV
AD  - Nurse, Infection Control Committee, Dom Pedro II Geriatric and Convalescence 
      Hospital, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, 
      Brazil.
FAU - Pires, Sueli Luciano
AU  - Pires SL
AD  - Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine, FCMSCSP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
FAU - Faria, Lilian de Fatima Costa
AU  - Faria LFC
AD  - Assistant Physician, Dom Pedro II Geriatric and Convalescence Hospital, Irmandade 
      da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Brazil
TA  - Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
JT  - Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)
JID - 9308586
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Brazil/epidemiology
MH  - Cross Infection/prevention & control
MH  - Disease Notification/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/epidemiology
MH  - Hepatitis B/epidemiology
MH  - Hepatitis C/epidemiology
MH  - Homes for the Aged/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - Skilled Nursing Facilities/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Tuberculosis, Renal/epidemiology
EDAT- 2017/07/21 06:00
MHDA- 2017/09/30 06:00
CRDT- 2017/07/21 06:00
PHST- 2016/10/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/11/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/07/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/07/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/09/30 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0104-42302017000500447 [pii]
AID - 10.1590/1806-9282.63.05.447 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2017 May;63(5):447-451. doi: 
      10.1590/1806-9282.63.05.447.