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Carolina Luiza Bernardes1, Lucinda Helena da Silva de Vasconcelos1, Silmar Maria da Silva1
1School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
To identify the issues occurred with nursing workers through a Health Monitoring System for Nursing Workers (SIMOSTE) and to describe the consequences of those problems.
Method:
This is a quantitative, exploratory and descriptive study realized in a teaching hospital in the west region of the city of São Paulo.
Results:
From the SIMOSTE, 1.847 occurrences were registered in a six month period. Within the main occurrences, medical licenses, work related accidents with and without removals; psychiatric consultations and psychotherapy were highlighted.
Conclusion:
The data points out to the need for the development of new health vigilance actions to notify accidents and illness related to work, besides the prevention of issues.
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