Analysis of biosafety practices of professionals working in the intensive care unit: Cross-sectional study

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Maria Thaíris Barroso de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Cantinho, Klégea Maria Câncio Ramos, Gouveia, Guilherme Pertinni de Morais, Carvalho, Gabriela Dantas
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/14613
• topic: Intensive care unit; Infection; Biosafety.; Unidad de cuidados intensivos; Infección; Bioseguridad.; Unidade de terapia intensiva; Infecção; Biossegurança.

The aim of this study is to investigate the use of biosafety practices by health professionals working in an ICU of a public hospital in Teresina-PI. This is a cross-sectional study, approved by the ethics committee (2,583,723), conducted at a state hospital in Teresina-PI, using questionnaires to ICU health professionals. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 17.0 and BioEstat 5.0 programs, using the Chi-square, Wilcoxon and Kruskal Wallis tests. Values with p <0.05 were considered significant. 26 professionals were interviewed, with a predominance of those with more than 10 years of training (53.8%, p <0.006, n = 14), with more than 3 years of professional experience (76.9%, n=20, p=0.001***) and older than 3 years working at the referred hospital (76.9%, n = 20, p <0.001***). 96.2% reported using PPE, with use restrictions for propes (92.3%) and goggles (84.6%). 18 (69.2%) reported that they were charged with the knowledge of biosafety standards by the hospital, differing with the perception of knowledge and updating of them. There is a deficiency in the knowledge of professionals in the knowledge and rigor of biosafety practices.