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Objective: To know the perceptions of nurses with experience in Central Sterile Supply Departments about the safety culture., Methods: A qualitative study developed with 12 nurses from hospitals in the South and Southeast Brazilian regions, with data collected in March 2021 through online interviews. Bardin's content analysis was performed with the support of the IRaMuTeQ software., Results: The interpretations were classified considering the following aspects: indirect care provided by Central Sterile Supply Departments (27.16%), low visibility of Central Sterile Supply Departments for patient safety (26.92%), difficulty in internal communication (30.69%) and difficulties learning from errors and fair culture (15.23%)., Conclusions: The perceptions about the safety culture are related to the quality control of processes and to infection prevention; however, there were perceptions about its low recognition and devaluation. The communication, learning from errors and fair culture subcultures proved to be weak.

Objective: To analyze the experiences of Nursing students during the mandatory hospital internship at a Material and Sterilization Center with a focus on leadership development., Method: This is an experience report of a mandatory hospital curricular internship anchored in the national curricular guidelines for Nursing, of a descriptive-reflective nature, and carried out in a general university hospital in southern Brazil, from March to June 2019., Results: Activities were developed in order to develop leadership aspects such as people, orthotics and prosthetics management, surgical planning, conflict management, and assertive communication., Final Considerations: The mandatory hospital curricular internship at the Material and Sterilization Center favored the students in the leadership process, management, decision-making, and development of autonomy for leading nurses.