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Objective: To identify the factors that expose ICU nursing staff to accidents by sharp tools during the handling
and disposal of these utensils. Method: Quantitative, descriptive and exploratory research, using the document
analysis technique. It was analyzed 39 accidents chips with four ICU nursing workers, between 2005 and 2010,
in a university hospital in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Results: The years of 2008 and 2009 had the highest
accident records. As for sectors, the General Intensive Care Unit had the highest (46%) percentage. Among
the professionals who crashed over, the nurses (49%) were highlighted and the needles were the material
(69.2%) more involved in accidents. Conclusion: Mainly the implementation of strategies to reduce exposure
for professional risks, especially measures to disposal and proper storage of sharp tools.

Objective: characterizing the traffic accidents attended by the mobile urgency care service of Rio Grande do Norte. Method: a descriptive, exploratory research of a quantitative approach performed in a Service Mobile Urgency Care. Results: the sample consisted of 1.353 chips of attendance from January to June 2014. Stood out the male gender (78,0%), aged between 25 and 34 years old (29,9%). The highest number was in the weekend (53,9%), during the evening (25,9%) and the most recurrent type of collision was falling motorcycle (35,8%). The excoriations were the injuries most common (28,7%) and multiple traumas occurred in 34,1% of the victims. Conclusion: it is significant the importance of ongoing education of health professionals, because, how much faster and qualified the first assistance, the better the chances of a good prognosis.