Exposição à radiação ionizante dos profissionais de saúde em hemodinâmica: o enfoque da enfermagem

Abstract

Ionizing radiations have been used in the contemporary medicine, inserted in disgnostic and therapeutical contexts. Therefore, the object of this study was the relation among ionizing radiation exposition and the work process of the health professionals at hemodynamic; the objectives were: know the profile of the professionals working at hemodynamic unit, identify health problems caused or aggravated by work on the workers´ agreement, know the occupational dosis of this professionals and correlate data with the specific current law. This is a descriptive study, quanti-qualitative that had like data collection instruments: a systematic observation of an hemodynamic unit located in an university hospital in Rio de Janeiro; application of a questionnaire with 35 open and closed questions to population health´s professionals: physicians, nurses, radiology technicians and nursing technicians - that works at hemodynamics, and a documentary search about their last occupational dosis. The results of this study shows a population with average age of 39 years, with a lot of professional experience, in health and hemodynamic (10 years in average), that work at more than one health institution exposed to ionizing radiation. Questions about health, security, graduation and professional practice had been analyzed and argued based in the specific legislation. The conclusions are a necessity of adaptations and changes in diverse sectors objectifying the optimization of radioprotection, workers´ health and the practice at hemodynamics units.