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Accidental exposures with sharp instruments are the most common occupational accidents involving professionals and students in a hospital environment. Accident with biological material (MB) results from direct contact between blood and genital or serous organic fluids, with unhealthy skin, mucous membranes or by direct percutaneous inoculation through sharp objects. The objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiological profile of accidents with exposure to biological materials that occurred in workers in the state of Amapá, Amazon, Brazil, in the period from 2015 to 2019, analyzing the number, type of occurrences, occupation and circumstance of the accident. A retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out with a quantitative approach. Thus, the database of the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN) was searched for records referring to notifications of accidents with biological material, which occurred in the state of Amapá in the period from 2015 to 2019, registered by the Occupational Health Surveillance Center (NVST) / Reference Center for Occupational Health (CEREST / AP). Occupational exposures to biological materials pose a potential risk of disease transmission. Instructing workers to report accidents immediately is essential to supply the notification system. Regarding the circumstances, the two most commonly found causes were with values ​​close to each other, the administration of medications (21.6%) and inadequate disposal of the material (20%). This incorrect disposal demonstrates the professionals’ lack of zeal about their own health.

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Epidemiological profile of accidents with exposure to biological materials that occurred in workers in the State of Amapá, Amazon, Brazil, from 2015 to 2019