A produção científica sobre os acidentes de trabalho com material perfurocortante entre trabalhadores de enfermagem

Abstract

A investigação ora apresentada teve por objetivos identificar as abordagens metodológicas das pesquisas publicadas em periódicos indexados nas bases de dados Lilacs e Medline, nos últimos 16 anos, referentes, ao estudo dos acidentes de trabalho com material perfurocortante e a identificação dos fatores predisponentes à ocorrência de tais acidentes entre trabalhadores da enfermagem. Foram analisados 55 artigos, sendo 39 internacionais, e 16 nacionais. As abordagens metodológicas mais utilizadas foram descritiva de campo, pesquisa-ação e bibliográfica. Dentre os fatores predisponentes a ocorrência dos acidentes em vários países, destaca-se a prática inadequada de re-encape de agulhas e o inadequado descarte do material.

Occupational accidents and health-related quality of life: a study in three hospitals

“…Table 5. Data appointed the predominance of women among injured workers (83.6%), which is in accordance with data reported by other authors (7)(8) .…”

“…According to the workers' age, the results show that hospital A (private) had significantly younger workers than those in hospital C (public), which may reflect the adopted personnel hiring criteria (interviews x official examinations). A great variation of age among injured workers is reported in literature (7)(8)(9) , which suggests that the occurrence of accidents should be investigated according to occupational activity instead of age.…”

Performance of nursing auxiliaries and technicians in managing piercing cutting material: a necessary study

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“…Most times, they are not readily available for replacement in places of easy access, which leads to filling them above established limits (3) .…”

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