title: [Use of paraformaldehyde tablets by Brazilian health institutions -- Part I].
abstract: A national survey was accomplished next to 6907 health Institutions through a questionnaire to explore and to describe the use of Parafolmaldehyde Tablets as microbicide agent. There was a return of 443 (6.41%) correspondences which 253 (57.89%) affirmed to apply this chemical agent. Several articles of medical-hospitable use with indication to sterilization through autoclaves, are processed by Parafolmaldehyde Tablets in the researched Institutions, demonstrating inadequate criteria in choosing the process. Another detected inadequate use of Parafolmaldehyde Tablets was in the processing of articles with lumens and the density materials due to the low penetrability of the gas. The nurses' perception with reference to the perspectives of Parafolmaldehyde Tablets's use as sterilizing chemical agent, in environmental conditions is of disuse, pointing for a search of safer technologies.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo. rwgraziano@uol.com.br
authors.forename: K U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Graziano
mesh_terms: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005557:Formaldehyde; D006268:Health Facilities; D011108:Polymers; D013242:Sterilization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013607:Tablets
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D011108:Polymers; D013607:Tablets; D005557:Formaldehyde; C003043:paraform
vernacular_title: O uso das pastilhas de Paraformaldeído pelas instituições de saúde do Brasil-Parte I.