HJB integrates national project for the reduction of hospital infections in Intensive Care Units
The Jean Bitar Hospital (HJB), in Belém, offers reference services of medium and high complexity with a focus on patient safety. Thus, the unit has been contributing through research, innovation, education, and management projects, so that the Unified Health System (SUS) provides increasingly qualified and accessible health services to the population.
One of these projects is “Health in Our Hands” from the Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital in São Paulo, in which the unit has been participating since September of last year.
The Health in Our Hands project was created in collaboration with the hospitals of the Institutional Development Support Program of the Unified Health System (Proadi-SUS) and technical teams from the National Patient Safety Program (PNSP), from the General Coordination of Hospital and Emergency Care (CGHOSP/DAHU/SAS/MS).
The participating institutions include the Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital in São Paulo, Hcor, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital, Moinhos de Vento Hospital, and Syrian Lebanese Hospital.
The project aims to reduce the incidence of the main indicators of hospital infection in ICUs, disseminate the improvement model to other units, and demonstrate the financial impact of preventing these infections. It is expected to change the culture of health organizations regarding patient safety.
Using the “improvement model,” guided by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the initiative conducts small-scale tests before broader implementation. Teams are trained through in-person and virtual meetings, and progress is monitored through indicators and technical visits.
"HJB's participation in the 'Health in Our Hands' project reinforces our commitment to the quality and safety of care provided to our patients. We are aligned with the best national practices, actively collaborating to reduce hospital infections in ICUs and contributing to the construction of a more efficient, safe, and humane health system within SUS. This initiative represents another important step in strengthening the culture of continuous improvement in our institution," said HJB's Executive Director, Giovani Merenda.
Currently, the hospital unit has 70 beds, including 60 clinical beds and 10 ICU beds for adults. These beds are designated for the specialties of rheumatology, internal medicine, endocrinology, pneumonia, geriatrics, mastology, and general surgery.
“I can say that I am receiving good care while I am here, everyone has been very attentive and caring,” said patient Rutyane do Socorro, 43 years old, from the city of Ananindeua, who was referred to the HJB ICU due to respiratory failure and other complications, and is now in the ward recovering.
The hospital also receives, among the ICU beds, clinical and surgical patients, some with critical cases that require greater care with qualified human resources and increased attention.
The Jean Bitar Hospital belongs to the public health network of the government of Pará and is managed by the National Institute of Social and Human Development (INDSH), in partnership with the State Department of Public Health (Sespa).
HJB provides assistance in medium and high complexity in the outpatient and hospital areas for transgender users, and in internal and surgical medicine for patients with metabolic and gastrointestinal diseases. The unit is located at Rua Cônego Jerônimo Pimentel, No. 543, in the Umarizal neighborhood, in Belém.
Text: Marcelo Zeno/ Ascom HJB
