[Accidents with sharp instruments in nurses in a university hospital in Campinas, Sao Paolo]

Rev Esc Enferm USP. 1998 Aug;32(2):124-33. doi: 10.1590/s0080-62341998000200005.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

This study has the objective to evaluate certain aspects of the occurrence of accidents of work with perforative cutting tool in nursing workers of a university hospital. Forty-six workers who had accidental needlesticks and injuries from other sharp objects (from June to/December 1994) were interviewed. The data found are likely to help programs of prevention of accidents with nursing workers.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Occupational / prevention & control
  • Accidents, Occupational / statistics & numerical data*
  • Adult
  • Brazil
  • Female
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Needlestick Injuries / epidemiology*
  • Needlestick Injuries / etiology
  • Needlestick Injuries / prevention & control
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
  • Occupational Health
  • Risk Factors
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Time Factors