Indicators for evaluation of processing dental-medical-hospital supplies: elaboration and validation

Abstract

Methodological study to elaborate and validate measures of evaluation in health contributing to an evaluation system of practices related to the control and prevention of hospital infection. It was elaborated eight dental-medical-hospital supply reprocessing conformity indicators. Indicators are described using items of the structure, process and outcomes that permitted the elaboration of conformity indicators related to the best practices (gold pattern). It was performed the content validity of the attributes of applicability and representativeness by a consensus expert judgment process using a psychometric scale. All the indicators showed to have content validity. Expert judgments, including comments and suggestions, evidenced the importance of perform validity of the evaluation processes, independently of the existence of golden pattern criteria and/or relevancies to the nursing practice.