Knowledge and adherence to biosafety practices in a maternal and infant referral hospital
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https://doi.org/10.4322/prmj.2017.023Keywords:
Biosafety, exposure to risk, occupational risksAbstract
Purpose: the present study aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge and adherence to Biosafety standards in the maternal and child health sector of a referral hospital. Method: a qualitative and quantitative cross-sectional descriptive exploratory field survey was carried out at the Santa Casa de Misericórdia Foundation of Pará with 54 employees from the pediatric clinical nursing and pediatric surgical ward sectors. Results: the data were collected through the application of a questionnaire with questions about general Biosafety issues, where 95% of the employees stated that they know what Biosafety is, 59.26% of the employees stated that they have already received some training in Biosafety and 51.58% it does not know the Regulatory Norms related to the practice in Biosafety. Conclusion: the research reported the perception of FSCMP workers on the concepts of safety associated with health services and noted the need to strengthen in workers the concepts related to Biosafety.
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