ResumoOs profissionais de saúde estão expostos a uma série de riscos no ambiente hospitalar, dentre os quais merece destaque o risco biológico. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo identificar os fatores de risco para acidentes com material perfurocortantes e analisar as principais causas referidas. Trata-se de estudo exploratório de caráter retrospectivo, com uma amostra composta por 100 acadêmicos de enfermagem, que já exerciam a profissão no nível técnico e tivessem sofrido algum tipo de acidente com materiais perfurocortantes. Constatou-se que 41% dos acidentes ocorreram em hospitais de grande porte, no turno matutino, sendo a UTI o ambiente com maior prevalência de acidentes, e os objetos que mais causaram acidentes foram as agulhas de seringas. As causas apontadas como possíveis fatores de risco para os acidentes indicam a importância da implementação da Política Nacional de Educação Permanente em Saúde (PNEPS), a utilização de EPIs e as precauções-padrão. Palavras AbstractHealth care professionals are exposed to a number of risks in hospital environment among which biological risk should be highlighted. This research aimed to identify risk factors of accidents with sharp instruments and analyze the main causes mentioned. This is a retrospective exploratory study with a sample of one hundred nursing students already working at a technical level and who had already suffered some sort of accident with sharp instruments. The analysis of the results showed that 41% of the accidents occurred in large hospitals and in the morning shift, the ICU environment was the one with greater prevalence of accidents and the objects that caused most accidents were syringe needles. The causes identified as possible risk factors of accidents indicate the importance of implementing the National Policy on Permanent Education in Health (PNEPS), of using PPE and of the standard precautions.
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