Gerenciamento em segurança hospitalar (GES HOSP) – Um método operacional para o gerenciamento da saúde e segurança do trabalhador para um Hospital de Sergipe

Abstract

Introduction: The health and occupational safety has a significant share of importance in collective well-being, which acts as support for workers and focuses on preventing occupational risks and exposures during the execution of work activities, in order to avoid possible accidents and compromised health. Denise Marinho (2021) from the International Labor Organization (ILO) cites that there is a loss of 4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) each year due to illnesses and accidents at work. The high number of work accidents constitutes a relevant public health problem. Thus, the need for mapping risk situations and control measures for potential circumstances that could lead to it is justified. Objective: Develop an operational method for a system of management of information of health and safety for workers in a hospital in Sergipe. Methods: An applied study was carried out in a hospital located in the State of Sergipe, with the development of a computational tool. From the point of view of objectives, this is explanatory research, from the technical procedures it is classified as action research. An integrative review was developed, with a qualitative-quantitative sample and narrative analysis. To build the management method, three steps were established: (i) data mapping, (ii) elaboration of the content of the prototyping tool and (iii) design of the computational tool. The development of the instrument is based on the Human-Centred Co-evaluation Method. Results: The proposed method Hospital Safety Management (GES HOSP) was created to meet the needs of the occupational health and safety sector (SOST) by offering modules for registering and monitoring the injured, identifying the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) of employees, hospital inspection control, training records aimed at eliminating risks and reducing accidents, auxiliary documents and performance indicators. Conclusion: The research presents the operational method step by step. The method proposed the organization of information and the enhancement of the integration of future users during the development of the computational tool, enabling the modeling of the system to correspond to its real environment of use. The tool was developed in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), intrinsic to the Office Package, which could reduce operational costs. Another advantage in applying the project is that GES HOSP can be used to manage worker health and safety in any other hospital unit.