Table 2. Generic competencies for nurses in the prevention and control of healthcare-related infections. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2015 – 2016.

Generic competencies	Coefficient of variation*
Maintenance of aseptic chain	20%
Health services waste management	18%
Recognition of the problem of healthcare-related infections	17%
Collaboration with epidemiological surveillance and knowledge of the epidemiological profile of health services	17%
Management of exposure to biological material	17%
Implementing infection prevention actions	17%
Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of health products/equipment	13%
Cleaning and disinfection of environments and surfaces	12%
Care for the infected patient	12%
Use of standard and specific precautions	11%
Recognition of the process of the microbial transmission chain	11%
Identification of risk for infection	11%
Use of Personal Protective Equipment	9%
Hand hygiene	7%

*It was considered as consensus the competences that reached median 5 and coefficient of variation less than 20%