Occupational accidents with biological material in a school hospital

275 professionals from 9 hospital units participated. 76% reported having suffered an accident and the variables “age group” and “employment regime” showed a significant association for accidents (p<0.05). Those hired by the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT - Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho) employment regime were 3.5 times more likely to suffer accidents (p=0.04) and institutional capacity building did not show statistical significance (p>0.05).

Conclusion:

the increase in the number of training did not ensure the reduction of occupational accidents with biological material; and nursing technicians under the age of 30 were more vulnerable. Professionals with a CLT labor contract were more affected than the statutory employees.

Descriptors:
Occupational Risks; Accidents, Occupational; Nursing; Public Hospitals; Containment of Biohazards

Units	Staff				Research participants
Units	AD	M	A	E	AD	M	A	E
CMS		30	30	25		8	8	8
IMA		16	15	6		5	5	2
SC		56	50	23		13	14	7
SEAMPE	63				17
PED		13	14	26		4	4	7
REU		23	23	43		6	6	10
PED-ICU		9	7	16		3	3	5
ADU-ICU		38	37	76		11	10	21
ACU		109	113	161		28	29	41
Subtotal	63	294	289	376	17	78	79	101
Total		1,022				275

Variables	OA with biological material						p
	Yes (n=210)		No (n=65)		Total (n=275)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Female	175	76.1	55	23.9	230	83.6	0.85^* * Fischer's Exact Test.
Male	35	77.8	10	22.2	45	16.4	0.85^* * Fischer's Exact Test.
Number of jobs
1	167	77.3	49	22.7	216	78.5	0.49^* * Fischer's Exact Test.
>1	43	72.9	16	27.1	59	21.5	0.49^* * Fischer's Exact Test.
Employment regime
Statuary	45	60.0	30	40.0	75	27.3	0.0002^ Chi-Square,
CLT	165	83.5	35	17.5	200	72.7	0.0002^ Chi-Square,
Schooling
Complete High School	105	71.9	41	28.1	146	53.7	0.06^* * Fischer's Exact Test.
Incomplete Higher Education	30	90.9	3	9.1	33	12.1
Complete Higher Education	72	77.4	21	22.6	93	34.2
Work shift
Morning	65	83.3	13	16.7	78	28.4	0.39^ Chi-Square,
Afternoon	58	74.4	20	25.6	78	28.4
Evening	75	73.5	27	26.5	102	37.1
Administrative	12	70.6	5	29.4	17	6.2
Age group
< 30 years	22	88.0	3	12.0	25	9.1	0.03^ Chi-Square,
30 to 39 years	76	69.1	34	30.9	110	40.0
40 to 49 years	63	75.0	21	25.0	84	30.5
> 50 years	49	87.5	7	12.5	56	20.4
Number of Trainings
0	29	82.9	6	17.1	35	12.7	0.1^ Chi-Square,
1	76	77.6	22	22.4	98	35.6
2	49	70.0	21	30.0	70	25.5
3	27	67.5	13	32.5	40	14.5
4 or more	29	90.6	3	9.4	32	11.6

Age group	Age mean	Nº of OA	OA/year
< 30 years	27.0 ± 1.8	72	0.748 ± 1.064
30 - 39 years	34.8 ± 2.8	224	0.380 ± 0.621
40 - 49 years	44.0 ± 2.9	246	0.306 ± 0.462
> 50 years	54.9 ± 4.2	205	0.243 ± 0.258

Variable	P value	OR	CI 95%
CLT employment regime	<0.0001	3.54	1.92 a 6.52
Schooling: Incomplete Higher Education	0.041	3.67	1.05 a 12.79
4 or more trainings	0.14	--	--
No training	0.40	--	--

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[1] Corresponding Author:Katia Maria Rosa Vieira. E-mail: katia_rosa@terra.com.br