Organizational safety climate and adherence to standard precautions among dentists
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2013-01-01
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Vivan Ribeiro, Patricia Helena
Brevidelli, Maria Meimei [UNESP]
Veiga Tipple, Anaclara Ferreira
Ribeiro, Renata Perfeito
Gir, Elucir
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Univ Fed São Paulo, Dept Enfermagen
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Objective: Check the perception of dentists about safety climate at work in relation to adherence to standard precautions.Methods: It is a quantitative, cross-sectional study conducted through the application of the Safety Climate Scale to a population of 224 dentists who worked in units of primary health care in six municipalities of Parana.Results: The total score of 3.43 (SD = 0.88) reveals that dentists have a poor perception of the incentives and organizational support for adopting standard precautions.Conclusion: Unsatisfactory safety climate, where the perception of dentists about safety in their work environment is deficient, demonstrating fragile management actions of support to safety, lack of a training program in occupational health and deficient feedback to favor the adoption of safe practices.
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Organizational culture, Universal precautions, Occupational health nursing, Public health nursing, Primary care nursing
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Acta Paulista de Enfermagem. São Paulo: Univ Fed São Paulo, Dept Enfermagen, v. 26, n. 2, p. 192-197, 2013.