Sabino, Sebastiana Silva
Fernandes, Alexia Máximo
Queiroz, Natália Ludendorff
de Brito, Cristiane Silveira
Queiroz, Lícia Ludendorff
Melgarejo, Celsa Raquel Villaverde
Gontijo Filho, Paulo P.
Ribas, Rosineide Marques
Article History
Received: 30 April 2026
Accepted: 20 July 2026
First Online: 16 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Uberlândia, under CAAE number 57231621.8.0000.5152. The Committee waived the requirement for informed consent, as the study used data obtained from the database of the Clinical Analysis Laboratory and from records of the Epidemiological Surveillance Forms of healthcare-associated infections maintained by the Hospital Infection Control Service of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.