ACCIDENTS WORK WITH ORGANIC MATERIAL AT A HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO

Abstract

Occupational Accidents with biological materials should be treated as cases of medical emergency, since there is a high rate of occurrence. The object of the study is the occurrence / record of accidents involving biological material of professionals exposed - Occupational Exposure in a University Hospital in Rio de Janeiro. It aims to quantify the cases of occupational accidents involved with biological material, identify the profile of the vulnerable group of professionals and analyze the characteristics of these accidents. This is an exploratory study and documentary with quantitative approach. There were 53 accidents from January 2005 to September 2007. The results showed that the majority were women, from 19 to 25 years, professional nursing the average level during the month of April, the service day and doing the needles recapping. It emerges that the results obtained in this study have been described by others, reflecting the grip of what is not regulated.