It is a final research report in which we use the quanti-qualitative approach by means of an exploratory study aiming at the surveillance usually carried out in control and prevention actions by a committee of hospital infection control and its interaction with the nursing team of surgery sectors. In the first stage, there was the survey of opinions issued for this committee, surveillance of dialyses procedures, teaching and extra-hospital activities, participation in meetings, accidents with biologic material and momentaneous prevalence. In the second stage, risk factors that might contribute to this installation with the participation of 22 nursing assistants and nine nurses. We have concluded that general conditions in which the customer is admitted in this scenario contribute to this occurrence and involve mostly, besides the physical space as a therapeutic environment, the improvisation of materials and that the nursing care should be executed in a participatory fashion.
nursing; emergency; hospital infection