title: [Accidents with sharp instruments in nurses in a university hospital in Campinas, Sao Paolo].
abstract: This study has the objective to evaluate certain aspects of the occurrence of accidents of work with perforative cutting tool in nursing workers of a university hospital. Forty-six workers who had accidental needlesticks and injuries from other sharp objects (from June to/December 1994) were interviewed. The data found are likely to help programs of prevention of accidents with nursing workers.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem-FCM-UNICAMP.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brandi
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Benatti
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Alexandre
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016272:Occupational Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Ocorrência de acidente do trabalho por material perfurocortante entre trabalhadores de enfermagem de um hospital universitário da cidade de Campinas, Estado de São Paulo.