Health and safety are vital elements when the purpose is to maintain a healthy work environment and productive. Health professionals, inserted in the activity of the provision of health services, execute activities that require close physical proximity with the patient by the characteristic of caring in nursing, as well as the use and handling of materials and equipment. In addition, this paper aims to analyze the measures of prevention of hospital infections in the intensive care unit. It is vital that the hospital has a commission, which is guided and supervised the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by health professionals, as a form of barrier to infectious diseases that stand out as the main sources of transmission of microorganisms for professionals and patients. In addition, washing hands, hygiene of the bed and cleaning the site, are simple methods that generate satisfactory results. In relation to the methodology, is the literature search through books and articles related to the topic in question. It is therefore concluded that to reduce the cases of hospital infection, it becomes feasible to use antiseptic techniques both to the environment and in the procedures and materials to be used in the patient. Thus, the nurses should put into practice the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). In addition, washing hands, hygiene of the bed and cleaning the site, are simple methods that generate satisfactory results.
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