WORKPLACES ENVIRONMENT AND PROCESS SURVEILLANCE FOR COVID-19 PREVENTION IN BAHIA

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Iracema Viterbo
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Teodoro, Celso Joélio Amorim, Santos, José Fernando dos, Monteiro, Ana Carina Dunham
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3244
• topic: Vigilância da saúde do trabalhador; risco biológico; covid-19; vigilância de ambientes e processos de trabalho; saúde do trabalhador; Trabalho para edição temática da vigilância em saúde; vigilância de ambientes e processos de trabalho; roteiro de inspeção; Vigilancia de la salud de los trabajadores; riesgo biológico; covid-19; vigilancia de ambientes y procesos laborales; salud del trabajador; Surveillance of the worker’s health; biological risk; covid-19; surveillance of working envinronment; occupational risks

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the workplaces surveillance has focused on prevention and control measures to avoid situations that may favor spreading the biological risk in workplaces. This study describes the interventions made by the Worker’s Health Care and Surveillance State Office (Divast/Cesat) aimed at preventing Covid-19 cases in the workplace, in the state of Bahia. This is a descriptive study based on the reports of inspections conducted by Divast/Cesat since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Inspection script and notification forms were produced as guides for identification and indication of situations and risk factors for Covid-19. The interventions covered several productive branches and in all of them, several situations were identified that could contribute to the spread of Covid-19 in workplaces, such as insufficient number of collective preventive measures to protect against the SARS-Cov-2 virus namely masks and 70% alcohol gel; disrespect to the recommended minimum distance; lack of protocols or contingency plans to guide the work process in this new reality, among other problems. Based on these findings, protective measures were recommended to correct the inadequacies and, thus, contain or prevent the incidence of Covid-19 cases in workplaces.