Centro de material e esterilização: competências e habilidades

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The Material and Sterilization Center (CME) has the mission of promoting all care and diagnostic services by providing processed health products (PPS). This sector is defined as an indirect care unit, which provides technical support for patient care, ensuring the necessary quantity and quality of products for safe care. OBJECTIVES: To identify the quality differentials in having a professional nurse as technical responsible for the CME. Know which professional categories are technically responsible for the CME. METHOD: This is a descriptive review of scientific literature. Carried out in the databases of the VHL (Virtual Health Library), LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences), MEDLINE (Online Medical Literature Search and Analysis System), BDENF (Nursing Database) and Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online) using the following descriptors: Nursing; Nurse; Sterilization. Combined with each other by the Boolean operator “AND’’. The inclusion criteria were scientific articles published between 2015 and 2021, in national journals, in the Portuguese language. Articles that did not address the topic in the title or abstract, monographs, theses, dissertations, course completion papers and books were excluded. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: 10,877 articles were found, 1,800 in Academic Google, 15 in BVS, 61 in LILACS and one in SiELO, which after reading the title and abstract, 17 articles remained. Of these four, they were common in Google Scholar's databases and in the VHL, leaving 13 articles. Of the 13 articles selected (ANNEX II), 6 (46.1%) (LIMA, et al., 2020; SANCHEZ, et al., 2018; CARLOS, et al., 2021; CAVALCANTE E BARROS, 2020; PEREIRA, 2019; RELATIVE, 2018) emphasize the quality differentials of nurses as RT of the CME, which are: Competence to coordinate human and material resources, the stages of PPS processing and teaching, training and research activities; Ability to coordinate the team, integrate all professionals, through interpersonal relationships and strengthening teamwork, providing safe and qualified assistance; Ability to forecast and provide PPS, through the technical scientific knowledge acquired during their training; He stood out during the pandemic for his administrative skills and technical-scientific skills in organizing this service; Competence in knowing the details, context and usage needs of PPS, in addition to having the ability to overcome the alienation process of a routine job. In view of the data analysis, the importance of nurses' management in the CME was evident, since they have managerial skills and vision strategic. And that indirect care provided to patients in this sector does not reduce the responsibilities imposed on the service. Given the limited number of research focused on the theme of MSC, it reinforces the need for further studies, since work on MSC is highly complex, with many aspects to be studied. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: Therefore, this study helped to increase my vision as a professional in the PPS area, and further strengthened my perception of how great the role of nurses in this sector can be. DESCRIPTORS: Nursing; Nurse; Sterilization