Ribeiro Beatriz Maria Dos Santos Santiago, Karino Marcia Eiko
Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
Rev Bras Med Trab. 2021 Dec 30;19(4):529-534. doi: 10.47626/1679-4435-2021-735. eCollection 2021 Oct-Dec.
Community health workers are inserted into family health developing activities of disease prevention and health promotion. These professionals need to recognize their work and the importance of using personal protective equipment. Observation revealed that some community health workers did not wear uniforms, and that their outfit included tank tops, skirts, and open shoes. Furthermore, there was no encouragement from the team nurse to the use of caps, sunglasses, sunscreen, long sleeve shirts, compression stockings, and closed shoes. These professionals were exposed to many occupational risks, such as ergonomic, physical, chemical, and biological risks, in addition to the risk of work accidents. This experience revealed three guiding axes. Community health workers had noticeable difficulties in identifying the appropriate use of personal protective equipment. Lack of training or qualification in occupational health was also observed; however, some community health workers had knowledge based on common sense or on personal experience, which has somehow influenced them in their precaution measures. The work preparation of these professionals is still precarious, being possible to perceive signs that their prevention of occupational risks is little remembered by managers. Therefore, further guidance should be provided to community health workers.
社区卫生工作者参与到家庭健康领域的疾病预防和健康促进活动中。这些专业人员需要认识到他们的工作以及使用个人防护装备的重要性。观察发现，一些社区卫生工作者不穿制服，他们的着装包括背心、裙子和露趾鞋。此外，团队护士没有鼓励使用帽子、太阳镜、防晒霜、长袖衬衫、压力袜和封闭式鞋子。这些专业人员除了面临工作事故风险外，还面临许多职业风险，如人体工程学、物理、化学和生物风险。这一经历揭示了三个指导方向。社区卫生工作者在确定个人防护装备的正确使用方面存在明显困难。还观察到他们缺乏职业健康方面的培训或资质；然而，一些社区卫生工作者拥有基于常识或个人经验的知识，这在一定程度上影响了他们采取预防措施。这些专业人员的工作准备仍然不充分，可以察觉到管理人员对他们职业风险预防的重视程度较低。因此，应该为社区卫生工作者提供进一步的指导。
