EVALUATION OF TEMPERATURE INDICATORS IN STERILIZED MATERIAL CENTERS

Authors

  • Renata Perfeito Ribeiro
  • Esther Maria O. Archer de Camargo
  • Lucila Amaral Carneiro Vianna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i2.12502

Keywords:

Esterilização, Trabalhadores, Riscos ocupacionais, Condições ambientais, Centro de materiais esterilizados.Sterilization, Workers, Occupational risks, Environmental conditions, Sterilized Material Centers.Esterilización, Trabajadores, Riesgos laborales, Condiciones

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This research aimed to feature working population at Sterilized Material Centers in six hospitals in the city of

Londrina/Parana State, Brazil and assess their environmental temperature. Our main objective was to recommend actions

to improve the quality of work carried out in these Centers. 100 professionals of those centers participated, most were

female (96.0%), ages averaging 39.5 years, high school educational level. Subvariables were set in order to assess

environmental temperature: actual environmental temperature and air moisture conditions. Regarding environmental

indicators, standards required by NR-17 were used. In relation to air moisture conditions, all the hospitals were found to

be within acceptable levels, according to the standards by NR-17 (normative rules by the Ministry of Labor), however the

actual temperature was found to exceed acceptable limits in all the Centers of Sterilized Materials included in this study.

Thus, all the hospitals submitted to this study need to undergo adjustments concerning the maintenance of correct

temperature in Sterilized Material Centers.

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Published

2008-10-06

How to Cite

Ribeiro, R. P., Camargo, E. M. O. A. de, & Vianna, L. A. C. (2008). EVALUATION OF TEMPERATURE INDICATORS IN STERILIZED MATERIAL CENTERS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i2.12502

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Research

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