Evidence-based maternal and perinatal healthcare practices in public hospitals in Argentina

Evidence-based medicine Maternal and perinatal health services Prevalence studies Use of maternal and perinatal health practices Objective: To investigate the use of beneficial maternal and perinatal healthcare practices in a network of public maternity hospitals in Argentina. Method: A multicenter, prospective, descriptive study of 6661 deliveries in 9 hospitals. The use of 5 obstetric care practices that reduce maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality was evaluated. Results: Median use rates for the selected practices were: continuous support for women during childbirth (17.9%); corticosteroids for preterm birth (35.3%); avoidance of episiotomy in primiparous women (41.2%); iron and folate supplementation (52.5%); active management of third stage of labor (93.5%). Conclusion: There is limited use of the selected evidence-based maternal and perinatal practices in public hospitals in Argentina and a large variation in their use among and within hospitals. Efforts should be made to increase the use of these evidence-based practices

¡Cuidémonos entre todos! : Parte II

Es de vital importancia la bioseguridad, ya que se encarga de disminuir el riesgo para la salud y el medio ambiente proveniente de la exposición a agentes biológicos causantes de enfermedades. Nuestras acciones en el marco de la Pandemia Covid-19, fueron orientadas a lograr actitudes y conductas responsables, que disminuyan la posibilidad de adquirir infecciones. El objetivo fue: proporcionar información sobre el manejo preventivo frente a los microorganismos potencialmente patógenos con poder de riesgo de contaminación biológica como lo es el virus Sars-cov2. Las actividades se realizaron mediante la organización de charlas virtuales, producción de videos informativos, armado de power point, preparación de material didáctico, diagramación de folletos, instructivos y elementos de bioseguridad para la higiene de manos.Facultad de Odontologí