Customers with cancer have significant complications of morbidity and mortality related to infection. This integrative review is to analyze the scientific production of nurses about infection control in clients with cancer. The search of the 37 articles included was through electronic databases, from 2002 to 2009. Data were analyzed from the perspective of epistemological categorization methodology for Research in Nursing. The results indicate that production is international, more sectorized area of clinical oncology, with emphasis on customers as subjects of investigations, trend exogenous source of infection and prevalence of reviewed literature. It is concluded that the production of knowledge in infection control is a priority on the national scene, the actions must be based on a systemic view, considering the complexity involved in providing professional nursing care.
Cross infection; Oncologic nursing; Nursing research
