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Revista de Salud Pública
Print version ISSN 0124-0064
Abstract
DE OLIVEIRA CARDOSO, Telma Abdalla; DE PAULA BUENO DE AZEVEDO NETO, Francisco; CYNAMON-COHEN, Simone and BUENO DE AZEVEDO, Deborah Chein. Biosafety in autopsy room: an systematic review. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.6, pp.634-642. Epub Sep 11, 2020. ISSN 0124-0064. https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v21n6.81593.
Objective
To discuss the risks related to the possibilities of accidents and contamination in autopsy rooms, especially the biological risk.
Methods
This is an exploratory study. The databases Lilacs, MEDLINE and SciELO virtual library were searched; from 2000 until 2017; from the following inclusion criteria: articles available in full, in Portuguese, English and Spanish languages; and those that portrayed the central theme of the article.
Results
53 articles were analyzed, to following the sub-themes: chemical, ergonomic, biological and accident agents; exposure to radioactive materials; electrical and electronic equipment.
Conclusions
The death cause is essential for epidemiological surveillance. The prevalence of diseases in the population poses risk to autopsy room professionals. Often these diseases are not detected before death; can coexist with other conditions and be ignored; or don't have morphological evidence at autopsy. M.tuberculosis, hepatitis virus, HIV and prions were the main pathogens identified. They can be transmitted by blood and aerosols; but there are other risks such as sharps, chemicals and radioactive materials.
Keywords : Autopsy; containment of bioharzads; biosafety (source: MeSH, NLM).