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Assessment of biological hazards in a laboratory in Boa Vista, Roraima

INTRODUCTION: Safety in health care should be a priority of all health professionals. The occurrence of occupational accidents is many times attributed to a failure in following established standards, and identifying and correcting the risks to which professionals are exposed is important. OBJECTIVE...

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Autores principales: Ribeiro, Aline Farias, Monteiro, Maria Vivina Barros, Silva-Júnior, Reinaldo Eduardo Costa, Silva, René Ribeiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho (ANAMT) 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10185393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37197342
http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1679-4435-2023-818
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Monteiro, Maria Vivina Barros
Silva-Júnior, Reinaldo Eduardo Costa
Silva, René Ribeiro
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description INTRODUCTION: Safety in health care should be a priority of all health professionals. The occurrence of occupational accidents is many times attributed to a failure in following established standards, and identifying and correcting the risks to which professionals are exposed is important. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the level of understanding on the biological hazards to which workers of a clinical analysis laboratory are exposed. METHODS: We applied a questionnaire for assessing knowledge on biological hazards, comprising an assessment of the understanding of biosafety and biological hazards, an investigation of the occurrence, types, and causes of accidents with biological material, and the employment of preventive measures. Data were tabulated in spreadsheets. All qualitative variables were tested with the chi-square test. RESULTS: We verified that 100% of the workers reported having some knowledge on biosafety; 25% of them reported they had suffered an occupational accident; and 81% of the workers reported having received training on biosafety measures. As to the level of exposure of workers and the community to biological agents, we noticed a very low level of exposure in one of the laboratory sectors. CONCLUSIONS: Considering our results, we concluded that professionals at a clinical analysis laboratory are prone to occupational hazards, facing a low risk of exposure despite carrying out hazardous activities with potential exposure, which requires caution and exposure prevention measures.
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spelling pubmed-101853932023-05-16 Assessment of biological hazards in a laboratory in Boa Vista, Roraima Ribeiro, Aline Farias Monteiro, Maria Vivina Barros Silva-Júnior, Reinaldo Eduardo Costa Silva, René Ribeiro Rev Bras Med Trab Original Article INTRODUCTION: Safety in health care should be a priority of all health professionals. The occurrence of occupational accidents is many times attributed to a failure in following established standards, and identifying and correcting the risks to which professionals are exposed is important. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the level of understanding on the biological hazards to which workers of a clinical analysis laboratory are exposed. METHODS: We applied a questionnaire for assessing knowledge on biological hazards, comprising an assessment of the understanding of biosafety and biological hazards, an investigation of the occurrence, types, and causes of accidents with biological material, and the employment of preventive measures. Data were tabulated in spreadsheets. All qualitative variables were tested with the chi-square test. RESULTS: We verified that 100% of the workers reported having some knowledge on biosafety; 25% of them reported they had suffered an occupational accident; and 81% of the workers reported having received training on biosafety measures. As to the level of exposure of workers and the community to biological agents, we noticed a very low level of exposure in one of the laboratory sectors. CONCLUSIONS: Considering our results, we concluded that professionals at a clinical analysis laboratory are prone to occupational hazards, facing a low risk of exposure despite carrying out hazardous activities with potential exposure, which requires caution and exposure prevention measures. Associação Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho (ANAMT) 2023-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10185393/ /pubmed/37197342 http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1679-4435-2023-818 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Silva-Júnior, Reinaldo Eduardo Costa
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http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1679-4435-2023-818
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