[Accidents with biological material: factors associated with the non-use of personal protective equipment in Southern Brazil]. / Acidentes com material biológico: fatores associados ao não uso de equipamentos de proteção individual no Sul do Brasil.

Personal protective equipment (PPE) should be adopted by all professional groups exposed to risks of contact with biological material. The aim is to analyze factors associated with the non-use of PPE by workers affected by occupational accidents with biological material. A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze notification forms of occupational accidents with biological material in municipalities in southern Brazil, from 2014 to 2019. Adjusted and unadjusted data analysis was performed and, subsequently, hierarchical analysis was used, and associations between independent variables and the outcome were established. The frequency of non-use of PPE over the years was 76.5%. At the end of the hierarchical analysis, the factors associated with the non-use of PPE were: years of accident occurrence, formal work status, recapping of materials, venous/arterial puncture, medication administration, inadequate disposal of materials, use of materials such as blades and lancets, and exposure of intact and non-intact skin. The factors analyzed showed a significant association with the non-use of PPE and work accidents with biological material, and highlight the importance of intervention strategies based on the reality experienced in each work environment.

Os equipamentos de proteção individual (EPIs) devem ser adotados por todos os grupos profissionais expostos a riscos de contato com material biológico. O objetivo é analisar fatores associados à não utilização de EPIs por trabalhadores acometidos por acidentes ocupacionais com material biológico. Estudo quantitativo, transversal, em que foram analisadas fichas de notificação de acidentes de trabalho com material biológico de municípios do Sul do Brasil de 2014 a 2019. Realizou-se análise não ajustada e ajustada dos dados e, após, utilizou-se a análise hierarquizada, sendo estabelecidas associações entre variáveis independentes e o desfecho. A frequência de não uso de EPI entre os anos foi de 76,5%. Ao final da análise hierarquizada, os fatores associados à não utilização de EPI foram: anos de ocorrência do acidente, situação de trabalho formal, reencape de materiais, punção venosa/arterial, administração de medicação, descarte inadequado de materiais, utilização de materiais como lâminas e lancetas e exposição da pele íntegra e não íntegra. Os fatores analisados apresentaram significativa associação com o não uso de EPIs e acidentes de trabalho com material biológico e ressaltam a importância de estratégias de intervenções baseadas na realidade vivenciada por cada ambiente laboral.

Acidentes com material biológico: fatores associados ao não uso de equipamentos de proteção individual no Sul do Brasil / Accidents with biological material: factors associated with the non-use of personal protective equipment in Southern Brazil

Resumo Os equipamentos de proteção individual (EPIs) devem ser adotados por todos os grupos profissionais expostos a riscos de contato com material biológico. O objetivo é analisar fatores associados à não utilização de EPIs por trabalhadores acometidos por acidentes ocupacionais com material biológico. Estudo quantitativo, transversal, em que foram analisadas fichas de notificação de acidentes de trabalho com material biológico de municípios do Sul do Brasil de 2014 a 2019. Realizou-se análise não ajustada e ajustada dos dados e, após, utilizou-se a análise hierarquizada, sendo estabelecidas associações entre variáveis independentes e o desfecho. A frequência de não uso de EPI entre os anos foi de 76,5%. Ao final da análise hierarquizada, os fatores associados à não utilização de EPI foram: anos de ocorrência do acidente, situação de trabalho formal, reencape de materiais, punção venosa/arterial, administração de medicação, descarte inadequado de materiais, utilização de materiais como lâminas e lancetas e exposição da pele íntegra e não íntegra. Os fatores analisados apresentaram significativa associação com o não uso de EPIs e acidentes de trabalho com material biológico e ressaltam a importância de estratégias de intervenções baseadas na realidade vivenciada por cada ambiente laboral.

Abstract Personal protective equipment (PPE) should be adopted by all professional groups exposed to risks of contact with biological material. The aim is to analyze factors associated with the non-use of PPE by workers affected by occupational accidents with biological material. A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze notification forms of occupational accidents with biological material in municipalities in southern Brazil, from 2014 to 2019. Adjusted and unadjusted data analysis was performed and, subsequently, hierarchical analysis was used, and associations between independent variables and the outcome were established. The frequency of non-use of PPE over the years was 76.5%. At the end of the hierarchical analysis, the factors associated with the non-use of PPE were: years of accident occurrence, formal work status, recapping of materials, venous/arterial puncture, medication administration, inadequate disposal of materials, use of materials such as blades and lancets, and exposure of intact and non-intact skin. The factors analyzed showed a significant association with the non-use of PPE and work accidents with biological material, and highlight the importance of intervention strategies based on the reality experienced in each work environment.

Occupational accidents involving biological material: demographic and occupational profile of affected workers.

INTRODUCTION: Work accidents involving biological material are characterized as those whose exposure involves direct or indirect contact with human or animal blood and biological fluids, with a potential degree of contamination. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the sociodemographic and occupational profile of workers, as well as data on occupational accidents with exposure to biological material in the municipalities that make up the Centro de Referência em Saúde do Trabalhador da Região dos Vales do estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Cerest-Vales/RS). METHODS: Documentary, retrospective, descriptive, quantitative research, where 1,260 Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan) notifications were analyzed, between 2014 and 2018. Data were collected in a unit specialized in worker health care. RESULTS: The sex most affected by accidents was female, with 80.2% of cases, age group of 28 to 33 years (26.4%), and level of education represented mostly by complete high school (55.4%). Health professionals concentrated 84.1% of accidents, most of which occurred with nursing technicians, followed by nurses and doctors. Professionals from different occupations, such as veterinarians, students, janitors and garbage collectors were also exposed. Blood was the organic material that prevailed (81.1%) between accidents and exposure, percutaneous (70.3%). Clinical data revealed the prevalence of patients vaccinated for hepatitis B (90.6%), but 62.7% with (hepatitis B surface antigen, HBsAg) negative; 49.5% of the injured were discharged with a negative source patient and 66% the Comunicação de Acidente de Trabalho (CAT) issued. CONCLUSIONS: Accidents occurred more frequently among females, individuals with low education and health professionals. The weakness in the reports of accidents with professionals with no presumed risk is reiterated, which generates underreporting rates.