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Item Acidente com material biológico entre trabalhadores da área de expurgo em centros de material e esterilização(2004) Tipple, Anaclara Ferreira Veiga; Souza, Adenícia Custódia Silva; Almeida, André Nunes Gomes de; Sousa, Shellen Bueno de; Siqueira, Karina MachadoThe cleaning of odonto-medical-hospital articles made by handy methods increases the risk of accidents with biological material. This article has as purposes: to characterize accidents involving the exposure of expurgation’s workers to biological material; to identify the incidence of accident’s subnotifications and to describe the prevention’s steps chosen. After the approval of an Ethics Committee and the worker’s permission, the data were collected in an interview with 111 workers of Central Supply. These employers work in hospitals with a hundred or more beds, located in Goiânia-GO. The article showed that (33) 29,8% of the workers listened said that they had accidents. Among these accidents, (24) 72,7% were notified and nine woren’t. The majority of the workers, 92,8%, didn´t know the individual protection equipment recommended for the expurgation’s use. Most of the time, the accidents were caused by perforating and cutting objects, hurting upper members. The article concludes that the majority of the workers don’t adopt the prevention’s steps. This attitude exposes them to risk’s situations, which can get worse when the accidents aren’t notified.Item Risco biológico entre os trabalhadores de enfermagem(2009-12) Almeida, André Nunes Gomes de; Tipple, Anaclara Ferreira Veiga; Souza, Adenícia Custodio Silva e; Brasileiro, Marislei EspíndulaThis bibliographic review assessed papers published in nursing periodicals from 1998 to 2005, with a view to characterizing the profile of publications on biohazards in the nursing profession. We identified 59 publications, which prioritized three focuses: epidemiology of accidents involving biological materials; biohazard identification; and preventive measures. Most studies discussed epidemiological aspects of accidents, such as: activity involved in the accident, body part affected and instruments involved. The studies showed that nursing workers are exposed to risks in all areas where there is contact with patients or their wastes. Non-compliance with preventive measures was discussed in the studies and was conditioned by: workers’ lack of awareness, lack of equipment, and underestimation of risks. We stress the need for studies of biosafety actions in the context of teaching, both in healthcare institutions and in educational settings.