Riscos ocupacionais e acidentes do trabalho : uma realidade em unidade de terapia intensiva

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002

RESUMO

This study, of character descriptive, identified and it evaluated the occupational risks the one that they are exposed the workers of nurse of an Intensive Care Unit (UTI) during your work day, as well as it identified the accidents of work of the Iast year, correlating them with the procedure that was being executed by the worker in the moment ofthe accident. For so much, an investigation instrument was elaborated that counted with closed and open questions, applied to 68 workers of the nurses team (male nurses, technicians and nurses assistants) that attend the patients and that work in UTI of the Hospital ofthe Clinics ofthe State University ofCampinas (HC/UNICAMP). The chosen unit assists patients seriously sick and with several pathologies, where procedures invasive are developed and no invasive of great complexity. The data were collected through individual interview, in the period of February to March of 2001. Of ownership of the obtained results, it was verified that the worker of nurses of the studied unit is exposed, principally, to the risks of accidents related to the procedures of attendance to the patients for ftequent contact with blood, secretions and flowed corporal, the drill/cut, to the physical effort and the infections and diagnosis diseases not confumed and, also, to the atmosphere to struggle through discomfort for temperature and noisy/rowdy and inadequacy ofnatural and artificial illumination. It was observed that most ofthe workers used gloves, masks and you fan as protection barriers. However, a percentile bass uses glasses of putting upon as measure of safety. The accidents happened with the workers they were the skin contact and mucous membrane predominantly with blood and secretions, coming wound later for drill/cut, falI and spine injury. These were related to the procedures of aspiration of tube oral windpipe, medication preparation and collection of blood arterial, wet floor and transport of patient. It was ended that are necessary changes in the work atmosphere and prevention programs, to minimize the risks in procedures of attendance to the patients and adapt laborer, for ali the workers hospitalizes.

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enfermagem acidentes de trabalho saude e trabalho tratamento intensivo

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