João Tadeu Damian Souto Filho⁽¹⁾, Sandro Bichara Mendonça^(2)
(1)(2)FMC - Campos dos Goytacazes. Brazil

		[Occupational Health]
	[Hygiene, Public Health & Preventive Medicine]		[Infectious Diseases]

INTRODUCTION

Professionals from Health area that have activities in emergencial medical attendance and are in straight contact with sharp instruments, are potentially exposed to the risk of occupational. These accidents are important because of their capacity of transmit trough the blood serious pathogenical agents.

The occupational accidents prevention needs a constantly planning, application and evaluation of educational programs and proceedings controls. This topics of this program must include: professional education, preventive vaccination, identification and reduction of acts with risks, and instruction for the use of individual protection equipment.

In some circumstances, the instinct of help can overcome the instinct of self protection. However, the security in the work is primordial. In many times the speed that a medical professional have to act is too high, that the biossecurity laws are forgotten.

In this way, we made a comparative study to examine the incidence and prevalence of accidents involving sharp instruments with health care workers. And analyze in a quantitative and qualitative way the results with values of the research done in 1997, with a likely population.

Discussion Board

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		[Occupational Health]
	[Hygiene, Public Health & Preventive Medicine]		[Infectious Diseases]

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