ABRANTES, A. W. B.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2994395822726127; ABRANTES, Arielle Wignna Brasil.
Abstract:
The area of Urgency and Emergency Is considered an important component of health care,
with the purpose of accommodating Individuals with an immediate imminent risk of life.
Various situations present in the workplace can become harmful, depending on the intensity
and duration of contact of individuals to the same, so , analysis of risks In the workplace
should incorporate the experience, knowledge and participation of workers as they perform
everyday work, sues suffer effects and have a key role in the identification, elimination and
control of risks. This study aimed to investigate the exposure of workers to occupational
hazards in the nursing sector emergency care at the Hospital Regional Cajazeiras - PB. This is
an exploratory field research and descriptive, with quantitative and qualitative approach in
which the selected population was composed by a team of nursing, the Emergency
Department and Regional Hospital's Emergency Cajazeiras-PB, the universe of the survey
sample consisted of 14 nurses and 31 nursing technicians, totaling 45 professionals. Data
were collected in September 2011 after the project examination and approval by the Ethics
Committee in Research of the State University of Paraiba, through a semi-structured
questionnaire, quantitative analysis, presented in tables, qualitatively using the technique of
Collective Subject Discourse of Lefevre and Lefevre then discussed. The principal results
verify that the nursing professionals, are mostly female, aged 20-31 years, working time in the
unit or less a year ago where most have other jobs and have an income of 1 to 3 minimum
wages. They also showed scant knowledge on occupational hazards, however, evidence to
know about prevention methods, although this is not observed in practice developed.
Moreover one can verify that the occupational hazards present service were chemical hazards
(chemical exposure), because of the great contradictions physical risks were not identified;
ergonomic hazards (work requires physical exertion, poor posture is exercised /
uncomfortable, is excessive and the resting place does not guarantee satisfactory conditions
for the rest, risk of accidents (There is no emergency exit in appropriate numbers and
locations); biological hazards (most professionals work using loud, others do not have the
vaccination for hepatitis B and tetanus complete performing peripheral puncture without
gloves, the habit of recapped needles and syringes, controversies surrounding the
implementation of occupational health examinations also a significant number of
professionals, have suffered occupational accidents with potentially contaminated and most
did not use personal protective equipment); psychosocial risks (role overload, excess liability,
stress, long hours and bullying). The analysis also identified that they did not have any
training against accident prevention, your employer will provide all PPE, But the most used,
are just gloves and masks. Therefore, it reinforces the creation of a Specialized Safety
Engineering and Occupational Medicine, the establishment of an Internal Commission for
Accident Prevention and consequent development of a Prevention Program Environmental
Risks, emphasizing education and training in health, recommended by Regulating the
Ministry of Labor and Employment.
