Accidents with biological material: an approach based on the analysis of work activities

The present qualitative study was carried out in a university hospital, with the purpose of analyzing the work of nursing assistants and technicians, the numerous category among health profess als and more prone to accidents in the workplace. This hospital has little alore than 2.000 nurses. Two met...

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Autores: Donatelli, Sandra, Gouveia Vilela, Rodolfo Andrade de, Almeida, Ildeberto Muniz de [UNESP], Reis Lopes, Manoela Gomes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/165021
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902015136790
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/165021
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Work Accidents
Occupational Exposure to Biological Material
Collective Work Analysis
Accidents Analysis
Prevention
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Sumario:The present qualitative study was carried out in a university hospital, with the purpose of analyzing the work of nursing assistants and technicians, the numerous category among health profess als and more prone to accidents in the workplace. This hospital has little alore than 2.000 nurses. Two methods of an were used. 1) The Collective Analysis of Work (ACT - Analise Coletiva do Trabolho), consists of meetings with small groups of workers who explain their work. Four meetings were scheduled, and 34 participants, almost all of them females, attended. 2) The Model for An and Prevention of Accidents (MAPA), a unique method for the occupational accidents an was held in one of the hospital clinics, with an injured worker that agreed to participate. The results revealed that work routines consist of a list of patients care tasks, characterized by a great variability in their daily work schedule. Many interruptions and overlapping tasks arise from urgent demands, besides issues in the organizational aspects of the situation that engendered the accident, as well as the fragility of the system of work safety in the hospital.