The handling and disposal of sharps among nursing staff of an intensive care unit

摘要

Objective: To identify the factors that expose ICU nursing staff to accidents by sharp tools during the handlingand disposal of these utensils. Method: Quantitative, descriptive and exploratory research, using the documentanalysis technique. It was analyzed 39 accidents chips with four ICU nursing workers, between 2005 and 2010,in a university hospital in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Results: The years of 2008 and 2009 had the highestaccident records. As for sectors, the General Intensive Care Unit had the highest (46%) percentage. Amongthe professionals who crashed over, the nurses (49%) were highlighted and the needles were the material(69.2%) more involved in accidents. Conclusion: Mainly the implementation of strategies to reduce exposurefor professional risks, especially measures to disposal and proper storage of sharp tools.