1. SUBNOTIFICAÇÃO DE ACIDENTES DE TRABALHO COM MATERIAL BIOLÓGICO DE TÉCNICOS DE ENFERMAGEM EM HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO.
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Rosa Vieira, Katia Maria, Vieira Jr, Francisco Ubaldo, and Lourenço de Camargo Bittencourt, Zélia Zilda
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WORK-related injuries risk factors , *ACADEMIC medical centers , *WORK-related injuries , *INDUSTRIAL hygiene , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *REPORT writing , *OCCUPATIONAL hazards , *ENVIRONMENTAL exposure , *QUANTITATIVE research , *CROSS-sectional method , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Objective: to quantify the underreporting and reasons for not recording occupational accidents with biological material of nursing technicians in a university hospital. Method: quantitative cross-sectional research with a sample proportion of 25%. Participants were 275 professionals from nine units who answered a questionnaire about occupational risk. Results: 747 accidents were reported, 71% of which were not reported. The variables: working hours, units and types of exposure were statistically correlated with underreporting (p< 0.05). The reasons for not recording: "Nursing work leads to accidents with biological material" were 3.5 times more likely to underreport percutaneous blood accident; and "Leaving the unit can overload co-workers" was 2.3 times more likely to report mucocutaneous accident. Conclusion: the underreporting of accidents was 2.4 times higher than the notifications, with predominance of mucocutaneous exposure and the main reasons were related to the low perception of occupational risk and work overload. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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