299 ResumoNas enfermarias do Instituto de Pediatria e Puericultura Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG) da UFRJ, profissionais e pacientes foram expostos a vapores de mercúrio na segunda metade do ano de 1992, quando, nesse período, um grande número de termômetros clínicos foi quebrado dentro do uso habitual. A possível contaminação dos profissionais foi avaliada em janeiro de 1993 em um estudo transversal comparativo. Significante quantidade de mercúrio foi achada na urina dos profissionais das enfermarias, em uma concentração duas vezes maior que a do grupo controle (p<0.001). J. pediatr. (Rio J.). 1996; 72(5):299-302: mercúrio, pediatria, termômetro clínico. AbstractMedical doctors, nurses, attendants, and patients at the UFRJ paediatric hospital were accidentally exposed to inorganic mercury. From July to December 1992, 228 mercury thermometers were broken in 6 paediatric wards. Contamination of the exposed group was assessed by a comparative cross sectional study in January 93. Mercury concentration was found to be two times higher in the urine of these professionals than in the control group (p<0.001).
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