title: [Prevention of occupational accidents with biological material as per Green and Kreuter Model].
abstract: This study aimed at diagnosing the occurrence of occupational accidents deriving from exposition to biological substance among workers of a hospital from São Paulo, Brazil, analyzing the adopted safety measures and elaborating a flowchart of preventive actions according to the Health Promotion Model by Green and Kreuter. It is an exploratory study with data collected electronically from the website REPAT - Electronic Network for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents with biological substances. The strategy used by the hospital did not reduce the injures. Results were used to elaborate a flowchart of preventive actions in order to improve the workers' quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo. marcelamanetti@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Marcela Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Manetti
authors.forename: João Carlos Souza
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: Maria Helena Palucci
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Marziale
authors.forename: Marli Elisa
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Trovó
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001826:Body Fluids; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000379:methods