Acidentes de trabalho da enfermagem com perfurocortantes em um hospital universitário: estratégias para prevenção

Abstract

Accidents at work are challenges to society, as they occur in large numbers and depending on their severity affect the worker, his family, company and society. Accidents occurring in hospitals, especially involving sharps, increase the risk of biological contamination. In hospitals, the nursing team is the most numerous and performs several procedures. The overall objective was to outline prevention strategies that reduce the risks of occupational accidents with sharps with nursing. It is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach performed at the Uberlândia Hospital of Clinics with the nursing team that reported having suffered a sharpworking accident from 2013 to 2016. It is concluded that not all nursing professionals at the Hospital report their accidents; The workers who are most affected in absolute numbers are the nursing technicians; The professionals with the least time of professional experience were the ones who had the most accidents; Accidents are more frequent in the daytime period; The main location in which the workers were injured was in the medication room. The professionals with predictors of the risk of work accident are those with 30 years or less. In relation to strategies for the prevention of occupational accidents, it is suggested: structure an institutional training program; Creation of spaces in which nursing workers conduct discussions regarding risk situations and measures that may in fact minimize such conditions; Review flow of care at the emergency room for accident victims; And verify the possibility of accompanying the injured while the same waits for care. Finally, however much companies invest in equipment, materials, physical structure, and in process optimization, what will in fact guarantee their success are the workers. Thus, it is important that the institution invest in its workers, valuing people.