Acidentes ocupacionais com materiais biológicos na equipe de enfermagem de um hospital de ensino

Abstract

This Academic Work Of course Completion (TAAC) is formed by the following sections: presentation; dissertation, the result of research carried out during the master's degree; and an educational product. At the end, the general considerations of the TACC are elaborated and appendices and annexes are provided. The presentation section demonstrates the personal motivations that led to this research. The dissertation is the result of a study entitled "Occupational Accidents with Biological Materials in the Nursing Team of a Teaching Hospital" and its main objective was to analyze the frequency of accidents with biological material in students, residents, and professionals in the field of Nursing at a Hospital of Education, from 2015 to 2019. It is a study with a quantitative approach and descriptive nature, whose data collection was carried out in Notification Sheets of Work Accidents with Exposure to Biological Material of the Occupational Health and Safety Service (SOST) of the Hospital Clinics of the Federal University of Pernambuco, It was detected that the awareness of nursing professionals becomes essential to emphasize the relevance of accident notification as a data source for the development of a possible health indicator. It was also verified that the lack of knowledge of the risk factors and the epidemiological profile of accidents represent a failure in institutional management. The general conclusion, arising from the research and the interventions and related products, is that the proposed objectives were achieved, enabling significant learning for the researcher and their future dialogues during the academic and professional trajectory, leading to improvements in health services and for the institution where actions related to the studied topic were developed.