Ações educativas para a equipe de enfermagem sobre o conhecimento e habilidades técnicas no uso de EPI’S

Abstract

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important resource for preventing accidents at work and, consequently, safeguarding the lives of the professionals who use it. In the field of nursing, nurses and technicians protect their patients more than their own lives by using this equipment. In view of the importance of using these devices, an action plan was developed with educational actions for the proper use of PPE with the staff of the surgical clinic of the Tomaz Martins municipal hospital, located in Santa Inês in Maranhão. The actions took place over four days, two of which were dedicated to one group and two to another, since it was necessary to divide up the professionals in the sector so that the actions could take place without damaging the services offered at the health center. Once the educational activities were over, we tried to get information from the employees via a questionnaire about the importance of the interventions for them, while it was possible to observe that the information they had was insufficient and that many were unaware of basic information about the proper use of this equipment. Finally, the interventional potential of the educational actions is highlighted and, as the scientific literature alludes to, it is reinforced that actions of this nature should continue to be developed gradually in hospitals and other health promotion centers