Background:

The reduction of unnecessary health interventions determines good care quality. The objective of this work was to evaluate the compliance of the "do not do" recommendations proposed by the Spanish Society of Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Hygiene.

Methods:

Prospective, observational, descriptive study of patients admitted to the La Princesa University Hospital between December 2018 and January 2019. The compliance of each recommendation in different patients was analyzed. The quantitative variables are expressed as means and standard deviation and the qualitative values as percentages and confidence interval.

Results:

In Recommendation 1 (R1: "Do not remove hair systematically"), 231 interventions were studied and the compliance was of 100% (95% CI: 98.27-100). In Recommendation 2 (R2: "Do not maintain antibiotics for more than 48 hours, unless evidence of infection"), 201 interventions were studied and the compliance was of 93.53% (95% CI: 90.09-96.91). In Recommendation 3 (R3: "Do not analyze C. difficile toxin in asymptomatic patients"), 200 determinations were studied and the compliance was of 93.5% (95% CI: 90.08-96.92). In Recommendation 4 (R4: "Do not do routine nasal decolonization"), 167 interventions were recruited and the compliance was of 100% (95% CI: 97.6-100). In Recommendation 5 (R5: "Do not perform routine replacement of peripheral venous catheter every 72-96 hours"), 153 patients were studied in compliance with the recommendation of 98.04% (95% CI: 94.12-99.35).

Conclusions:

A 100% compliance was found in Recommendations 1 and 4. There is an opportunity of improvement in the recommendations R2, R3 and R5.

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