The monitoring system of surgical textile in health services

to report the implementation of a monitoring system of the operative field, surgical gown, and utilized fields as sterile barrier system of products for health, manufactured from cotton fabrics.

Methods:

technological innovation report of a monitoring system of the use and processing of surgical textiles in a medium-size hospital.

Results:

steps: planning, confection, exchange of the surgical textiles, monitoring, and 12 months of supervision. The new pieces were silkscreened with a black indelible marker.

Final Considerations:

the implemented system is practical, low cost, and easily manageable for the team, it favored the work process management, contributing to the quality and security of the textile used in health care, and being able to be implemented in other health services.

Descriptors:
Packaging; Surgical Gowns; Textile; Environmental Monitoring; Sterilization

Number of Washes	Items
Number of Washes	Fields 1,70 m x 1,50 m (N 104)	Fields 1,50 m x 1,20 m (N 52)	Fields for packaging (N 104)	Simple surgical gown (N 42) ^* * Gown with armrest, without oop and with lashing at the back;	Surgical gown with transpass (N 36) ^ Gown with armrest, with oop and lashing in the lateral and upper part
under 30	3 (2.9%)	-	1 (1.0%)	1 (2.4%)	2 (5.6%)
30 to 39	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.9%)	-	1 (2.4%)	1 (2.8%)
40 to 49	2 (1.9%)	-	-	2 (4.8%)	-
50 to 59	3 (2.9%)	-	-	3 (7.1%)	-
60 to 69	4 (3.8%)	1 (1.9%)	-	-	3 (8.3%)
Total	13 (12.5%)	2 (3.8%)	1 (1.0%)	7 (16.7%)	6 (16.7%)

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[1] Corresponding author: Berendina Elsina Bouwman, E-mail: berecris@ufj.edu.br