Ergonomics at the central supply

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Isabella Barbosa da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Paiva, Jéssica Sanxes de, Silva, Maria Virginia Godoy da, Silva, Leandro Andrade da, Machado, Carolina Pimentel, Daú, Gláucya Lima, Canto, Karen Corrêa do, Oliveira, Gyovana Regis de, Batista, Luiza Campos de Oliveira, Sousa, Mielli Reis Araújo de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/18911
• topic: Enfermería; Ergonomía; Esterilización; Salud ocupacional.; Nursing; Ergonomics; Sterilization; Occupational health.; Enfermagem; Ergonomia; Esterilização; Saúde do trabalhador.

The Material and Sterilization Center (CME) stands out as a complex sector of the hospital for professionals to perform their functions, in which the scope presents various risks such as: chemical, physical, mechanical, biological and ergonomic. Ergonomic risks are associated with work organization, furniture, equipment, lifting, manual lifting and transport of weight, douple work shift, conflicting relationships, monotony or intense work rhythms. Objective: to analyze the scientific productions on ergonomic risks in the CME. Methodology: integrative literature review, systematized by the acronym Participant, Interest and Context (PICo) according to the strategy (PICo) and methodological procedures defined by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyzes (PRISMA). The bibliographic search will be carried out between April to May 2021, with no time definition, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Nine studies were selected in the databases Online System for Searching and Analyzing Medical Literature (MEDLINE) / PubMed, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (Lilacs) and Base Nursing Data (BDEnf) from the Virtual Health Library (VHL). Results: CME presents many risks for their professionals: inadequate work environment, lack of resources and equipments, physical effort, inadequate posture, lifting and carrying of heavy weights, long hours of work, repetitiveness. Other risks shown: double work journey, exhausting work shifts, repetitive movements, physical effort, wrong posture, inadequate furniture. Conclusion: Ergonomic practice at the CME would minimize these risks through adequate furniture, rest breaks, better staff distribution, managers with knowledge of ergonomics and continuing education preparing employees, guiding them to the topic of ergonomics, rights and responsibilities.