Accidents at work and its impact on a hospital in Northern Portugal Academic Article

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January 1, 2012

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Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Ciências da Saúde

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In order to describe accidents at work at a hospital in Northern Portugal and analyze their main impact in the period from 2008 to 2010, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study. The information was obtained from the notification records of accidents at work for 387 workers. The highest prevalence levels of accidents referred to superior health technician (56.1%), female workers (81.9%), Journal