<b>Continued education in the prevention of biological risks of the nursing team in the hospital institution</b> - DOI: 10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v8i3.9048

Abstract

The prevention of the biological risks and protection of workers in their jobs, from the resulting risks of factors contrary to health, is a constant preoccupation of the continued education in the hospital environment. This research aimed to identify the strategies used by the program of continued education in the prevention of biological risks, to point to the main difficulties and to bring up the necessities on the part of nursing personnel regarding the continued education. A bibliographical review was carried out in articles published from 1997 to 2008. An assessment in the LILACS, BDENF, and SCIELO data banks was performed, and 29 articles were selected. The data analysis was made through the thematic analysis of contents. The results were organized into three categories: used strategies, found difficulties, and needs of continued education. It was concluded that the institutional and professional motivation plays an important role so that the worker search for new knowledge on his working process thus reducing the biological risks.