ALCÂNTARA, G. O.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5707432270517550; ALCÂNTARA, Gradycéllia de Oliveira.
Abstract:
The number of needlestick injuries in hospital environments is
tremendously and this problem worsens with the number of professionals that
their activities o f illness arising from the presence o f agents, the time and intensity
between them and agents. Objective: verify the knowledge of nurses
Involving sharps. Materials and methods: exploratory and descriptive
quantitative and qualitative approach, developed with 94 nurses and nursing tec
work at the Regional Hospital Mr Manoel Goncalves de Abrantes (HRS),
municipality o f Sousa (PB). Were intentionally selected professionals belonging
the institution, in full exercise at the time o f collection, regardless of the sector c
expressed a desire to participate in the study after ethical clarification and
IC. The data collected in April 2013, through a semi-structured questionnaire
using descriptive statistics and content analysis technique. Results: the results
70.2% of the subjects were female, aged between the age group 30-39 years (46
(54.2%), 72.3% are technicians and nursing nurses, 69% had evidence of s
58.5% work in assisting with personal income 1-2 minimum wages (68.1
encoded with operating time 1-10 years (78 , 7%), 5 1% have other employm
meet a journey o f 30 hours / week (55.3%) participated in training in the last
nurses have adequate knowledge about accidents at work, with 69% of
accidents. Needlestick accidents was the kind o f work accident that the most im
of the participants. 93.1% of these did not report the accident, therefore,
support from the institution. 70% o f participants viewed the risks to pierce cuttiijr
the workplace. On the prevention o f this type o f accident, the means most
were having more care and attention to perform procedures and use PPE. When
subject, the institution can promote training on the use o f materials, 95.7% were
consequences that cause accidents and 67% did not know the protocol that
ANVISA after needlestick accidents. Conclusion: from these results, we
needlestick injuries are a public health problem, the need to strengthen
that reduce these occurrences, emphasize the importance of reporting as fac:
enable the institution to prepare ahead an unexpected event with this.
dsals
preventive
Keywords: Nursing work. Exposure to Biological Agents. Penetrating injuries
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