Ventiladores mecânicos: centralização, qualidade e eficiência nos serviços de enfermagem de um hospital público

Abstract

ACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The headquarters of mechanical fans is the unit of the hospital with the purpose of organizing ventilation resources promoting control and preventive maintenance and organization of these equipments. This paper aims to describe the implantation of a headquarters mechanical fans in an academic hospital in the central region of southern Brazil, managed by the professional nurse’s technical and scientific knowledge. METHOD: This is a case study of a descriptive nature of type of experience account with a focus on steps needed to the equipments centralization. RESULTS: The results reveal be possible to implement a headquarters of mechanical fans in a public organization, managed by nurses, and puts emphasis on the role of this person as an articulator of new models of management, mitigated by the fact that this is one of the responsibles for articulating new work processes in healthcare organizations. The implementation process shows the importance of centralizing the equipments, pointing to improvements in care, training of human resources and production of knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: The centralization process demonstrated the need for new reflexions about traditional management models to the hos pital setting, if taking into account socio-political, cultural and economic implications that make up a scenario in which the management at work is an essential feature in confronting for the challenges proposed for new proposals in the landscape of public health system.