Workers in a teaching hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil: daily exposure to Hepatitis B

• Autor(a) principal: Mota, Ana Gleice da Silveira
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Siqueira, Julianna de Freitas, Pereira, Francisco Gilberto Fernandes, Freitas, Marta Maria Costa, Rodrigues, Jorge Luíz Nobre, Caetano, Joselany Áfio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Vigilância Sanitária em Debate
• Texto Completo: https://visaemdebate.incqs.fiocruz.br/index.php/visaemdebate/article/view/258
• topic: Enfermagem; Pessoal de saúde; Hepatite B; ursing; Accidents; Occupational; Hepatitis B

We aimed to analyze the incidence of occupational accidents involving risk for hepatitis B among healthcare professionals in a teaching hospital in 2013 using a cross-sectional design that incorporated both descriptive and quantitative data. We analyzed 95 occupational accident notifications, with the majority coming from women (73.7%) working as a technical or nursing assistant (39; 41.1%). The most prevalent age group was 20–39 years, and most (62; 65.3%) were professionals. Percutaneous exposure occurred in 77 (81.1%) cases, with the needle lumen as the main delivery object accounting for 35 cases (36.8%). Blood was the most common biological agent, accounting for 75 cases (78.9%). Eighty-one (83.5%) were known source patients, with 5 (5.3%) testing positive for HBsAg. Furthermore, 69 (72.6%) professionals had completed their vaccination schedule for hepatitis B. After contact, 25 (26.3%) were vaccinated and 2 (2.1%) received immunoglobulin. Despite the efforts of the Ministry of Health (MOH) to emphasize the adoption of biosecurity measures, accidents still occur among professionals, increasing the risk of exposure to blood-borne diseases.