Profile of Brazilian workers victims of occupational accidents with biological fluids

Miranda, Fernanda Moura D’Almeida; Cruz, Elaine Drehmer de Almeida; Félix, Jorge Cestari Vinícius; Kalinke, Luciana Puchalski; Mantovani, Maria de Fátima; Sarquis, Leila Maria Mansano

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0482

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RESEARCH • Rev. Bras. Enferm. 70 (5) • Sep-Oct 2017 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0482 copy

Profile of Brazilian workers victims of occupational accidents with biological fluids

Perfil de los trabajadores brasileños víctimas de accidentes laborales con fluidos biológicos

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ABSTRACT

Objective:

To characterize the Brazilian workers victims of occupational accidents with biological fluids.

Method:

Epidemiological and descriptive research, in which 284,877 notifications of the Notifiable Diseases Information System were analyzed between 2007 and 2014. We used Stata 13 for data analysis.

Results:

The highest incidence density occurred in females with 0.8 cases per 1,000 workers/year (n = 222,042, 77.9%); in the age group of 20 to 24 years old, with 0.6 cases per 1,000 workers/year (n = 64,221, 23.3%); with some high school and some college, with 0.6 cases per 1,000 workers/year (n = 141,275, 49.6%). We found that these accidents occurred among 23 occupational subgroups. For the most part, the workers had an employment relationship and had issued the Occupational Accident Notification.

Conclusion:

It is necessary to rethink the measures of orientation to workers regarding the risks and relative prophylaxis for these accidents, with the aim of reducing them.

Descriptors:
Categories of Workers; Occupational Accidents; Exposure to Biological Agents; Information Systems; Occupational Health Nursing

Age bracket(Years old)	Female				Male				Total
Age bracket(Years old)	n	Working Pop.^* * Working Pop. - - It is the population of Brazilian workers according to the Demographic Census (IBGE, 2010);	%^ For the calculation of relative frequency, the denominator used was the total number of work-related accidents with biological fluids during the study period (N = 275,275);	ID^* ***** Incidence Density;	n	Working Pop.^* * Working Pop. - - It is the population of Brazilian workers according to the Demographic Census (IBGE, 2010);	%^ For the calculation of relative frequency, the denominator used was the total number of work-related accidents with biological fluids during the study period (N = 275,275);	ID^* ***** Incidence Density;	n	Working Pop.^* * Working Pop. - - It is the population of Brazilian workers according to the Demographic Census (IBGE, 2010);	%^ For the calculation of relative frequency, the denominator used was the total number of work-related accidents with biological fluids during the study period (N = 275,275);	ID^* ***** Incidence Density;
15-19	3,777	2,154,652	1.3	0.2	1,303	3,236,275	0.4	0.05	5,080	5,390,928	1.8	0.1
20-24	33,582	4,518,622	12.1	0.9	10,056	6,225,318	3.6	0.2	43,638	10,743,940	15.8	0.5
25-29	48,445	5,259,268	17.5	1.1	15,776	6,947,255	5.7	0.2	64,221	12,206,523	23.3	0.6
30-34	39,713	5,197,890	14.4	0.9	11,984	6,595,604	4.3	0.2	51,697	11,703,494	18.7	0.5
35-39	29,843	4,583,030	10.8	0.8	7,816	5,856,734	2.8	0.1	37,659	10,439,764	13.6	0.4
40-44	23,191	4,253,854	8.4	0.6	5,108	5,429,656	1.8	0.1	28,299	9,683,510	10.2	0.3
45-49	17,231	3,711,500	6.2	0.5	3,563	4,800,610	1.2	0.09	20,794	8,512,109	7.5	0.3
50-54	11,330	2,830,749	4.1	0.5	2,334	3,841,636	0.8	0.07	13,664	6,672,385	4.9	0.2
55-59	5,583	1,837,301	2.0	0.3	1,461	2,788,823	0.5	0.06	7,044	4,626,125	2.5	0.1
60-69	2144	1,422,574	0.7	0.1	1,036	2,632,367	0.3	0.04	3,180	4,054,941	1.1	0.09
Total	214,839	35,679,440	78.0	0.8	60,436	48,354,278	22.0	0.2	275,275	84,033,719	100	0.4

Schooling	Female				Male				Total
Schooling	n	Working Pop.^* * Working Pop. - It is the population of Brazilian workers according to Demographic Census (IBGE, 2010);	%^ For the calculation of relative frequency, the denominator used was the total number of work-related accidents with biological fluids during the study period (N = 284,877);	ID^* ***** ID = incidence density.	n	Working Pop. ^* * Working Pop. - It is the population of Brazilian workers according to Demographic Census (IBGE, 2010);	% ^ For the calculation of relative frequency, the denominator used was the total number of work-related accidents with biological fluids during the study period (N = 284,877);	ID ^* ***** ID = incidence density.	n	Working Pop. ^* * Working Pop. - It is the population of Brazilian workers according to Demographic Census (IBGE, 2010);	% ^ For the calculation of relative frequency, the denominator used was the total number of work-related accidents with biological fluids during the study period (N = 284,877);	ID ^* ***** ID = incidence density.
No education and incomplete Primary Education	7,779	11,697,595	2.7	0.08	4,733	21,506,958	1.7	0.02	12,512	33,204,553	4.4	0.04
Complete Primary Education and incomplete High School	12,787	6,179,321	4.5	0.2	4,315	9,168,593	1.5	0.05	17,102	15,347,913	6.0	0.1
Complete High School and incomplete Higher Education	118,928	12,383,424	41.7	1.2	22,347	14,098,648	7.8	0.1	141,275	26,482,072	49.6	0.6
Complete Higher Education	39,395	6,096,005	13.8	0.8	17,767	4,844,297	6.2	0.4	57,162	10,940,303	20.1	0.6
Ignored/Blank	43,153	174,182	15.1	30.9	13,673	204,816	4.8	8.3	56,826	378,998	19.9	18.7
Total	222,042	36,530,527	77.9	0.8	62,835	49,823,312	22.1	0.2	284,877	86,353,839	100.0	0.4

Occupational subgroups^**** **** The occupational subgroups were classified according to the Brazilian Occupational Classification (BOC) used by the IBGE.	Female				Male				Total
	n	Working Pop.^* * Working Pop. - It is the population of Brazilian workers according to Demographic Census (IBGE, 2010);	%^ For the calculation of relative frequency, the denominator used was the total number of work-related accidents with biological fluids during the study period (N = 284,877);	ID^* ***** ID = Incidence Density.	n	Working Pop. ^* * Working Pop. - It is the population of Brazilian workers according to Demographic Census (IBGE, 2010);	% ^ For the calculation of relative frequency, the denominator used was the total number of work-related accidents with biological fluids during the study period (N = 284,877);	ID ^* ***** ID = Incidence Density.	n	Working Pop. ^* * Working Pop. - It is the population of Brazilian workers according to Demographic Census (IBGE, 2010);	% ^ For the calculation of relative frequency, the denominator used was the total number of work-related accidents with biological fluids during the study period (N = 284,877);	ID ^* ***** ID = Incidence Density.
Mid-level nursing and birth professionals	127,822	396,385	44.9	40.3	17,075	76,147	6.0	28	144,897	472,532	50.9	38.3
Domestic workers and other interior cleaning workers	14,092	5,886,238	4.9	0.2	8,584	956,792	3.0	1.1	22,676	6,843,030	8.0	0.4
Physicians	9,322	130,698	3.3	8.9	12,654	188,236	4.4	8.4	21,976	318,934	7.7	8.6
Nursing and birth professionals	18,396	234,241	6.5	9.8	2,501	45,415	0.9	6.8	20,897	279,656	7.3	9.3
Veterinarians	5,024	20,843	1.8	30.1	1,901	27,294	0.7	8.7	6,925	48,137	2.4	17.9
Medical and pharmaceutical technicians	5,483	782,412	1.9	0.8	1,396	68,551	0.5	2.5	6,879	137,037	2.4	6.2
Auxiliary dentists and dental assistants	5,325	14,678	1.9	45.3	229	1,826	0.1	15.6	5,554	16,504	1.9	42.0
Personal service workers	2,768	2,326,500	1.0	0.1	124	1,487,535	0.0	0.01	4,008	3,814,035	1.4	0.1
Direct service workers	2,273	1,209,461	0.8	0.2	766	413,137	0.3	0.2	3,039	1,622,598	1.1	0.2
Labor, environmental and related health inspectors	1,527	31,894	0.5	5.9	609	87,165	0.2	0.8	2,136	119,059	0.7	2.2
Protection and security personnel	162	118,637	0.1	0.1	1,586	1,457,734	0.6	0.1	1,748	1,576,371	0.6	0.1
Pharmaceuticals	1,199	68,955	0.4	2.1	440	38,849	0.2	1.4	1,639	107,804	0.6	1.9
Physiotherapist	1,317	78,512	0.5	2.0	271	22,633	0.1	1.4	1,588	101,145	0.6	1.9
Car, truck and motorcycle drivers	26	76,222	0	0.04	1,117	2,377,227	0.4	0.05	1,143	2,453,449	0.4	0.05
Dentists	756	123,789	0.3	0.7	322	100,291	0.1	0.4	1,078	224,080	0.4	0.6
Members of the Armed Forces, police and firefighters	103	28,219	0	0.4	940	460,893	0.3	0.2	1,043	489,112	0.4	0.2
Garbage collectors and other elementary occupations	178	375,392	0.1	0.05	50	966,669	0	0.006	228	1,342,061	0.1	0.02
Personal care workers	188	1,231,174	0.1	0.01	22	159,862	0	0.01	210	1,391,036	0.1	0.01
Psychologists	70	116,490	0	0.07	12	22,329	0	0.06	82	138,819	0	0.07
Social assistants	71	120,193	0	0.07	11	26,962	0	0.05	82	147,155	0	0.06
Dietitians and Nutritionists	64	49,732	0	0.1	7	5,339	0	0.1	71	55,071	0	0.1
Health professionals not previously classified	23	19,781	0	0.1	4	3,486	0	0.1	27	23,267	0	0.1
Others^** ****** In this table, the population of workers is smaller than those presented previously due to the selection of the occupational groups;	25,853	0	9.1	_	11,098	_	3.9	_	36,951	_	13
Total	222,042	13,440,446	77.9	2.1	62,835	8,994,372	22.1	0.9	284,877	21,720,892	100	1.6

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