Conhecimento dos Profissionais de Enfermagem acerca dos Riscos Ocupacionais aos quais estão expostos durante a manipulação de Antineoplásicos

Abstract

Although antineoplastic agents are excellent options for the treatment of patients with cancer, they still pose risks of occupational exposure to professionals who handle these drugs. This study aimed to identify scientific evidence on the knowledge of nursing professionals, who handle antineoplastic drugs, about the occupational hazards they are exposed during this activity. For this study was adopted as a theoretical Evidence-Based Practice through an integrative review of literature. Among the inclusion criteria were considered papers published over the last ten years, in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Among the ninetyseven works found in the databases, four studies were analyzed. It was observed that, in most cases, the professionals said they knew the occupational risks they are exposed during the handling of chemotherapeutic agents. It was the perceived lack of articles for this review, both domestic and international, need to work on the activity's handling of antineoplastic drugs and the specification of these risks by the participants as well as more precision of the legislation and compliance with the risks of the activity.