Nursing interventions to prevent healthcare-associated infections in Latin American Hospitals: A mixed-methods Systematic Review protocol with emphasis on Ecuador
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Halthcare-associated infections, Nursing care, Infection control, Systematic review, Mixed methodsAbstract
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) compromise patient safety and require context-sensitive hospital interventions. This protocol aims to guide a mixed-methods systematic review of interventions with explicit nursing involvement to prevent and control HAIs in Latin American hospitals, with emphasis on Ecuador. The protocol follows PRISMA-P, and the final review will follow PRISMA 2020 and PRISMA-S. Original studies published since 2016 will be searched in seven bibliographic sources. Quantitative evidence will be synthesized narratively using SWiM, without meta-analysis; qualitative evidence will undergo thematic synthesis and will be integrated with quantitative findings through a convergent segregated approach. Methodological quality will be assessed using MMAT and design-specific JBI tools. As this is a protocol, no empirical results are reported.
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