Use of sanitizing products: safety practices and risk situations
Objectives: to evaluate the handling and risk factors for poisoning and/or digestive tract injuries associated with the use of sanitizing products at home. Methods: interviews were conducted in 419 households from different regions, collecting epidemiological data from residents and risk habits rela...
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Brazilian Society of Pediatrics
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| author | Ana Aurélia Rocha da Silva Raquel Souza Passos Luiz Alberto Simeoni Francisco de Assis Rocha Neves Elisa de Carvalho |
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| description | Objectives: to evaluate the handling and risk factors for poisoning and/or digestive tract injuries associated with the use of sanitizing products at home.
Methods: interviews were conducted in 419 households from different regions, collecting epidemiological data from residents and risk habits related to the use and storage of cleaning products.
Results: sanitizing products considered to be a health risk were found in 98% of the households where the research was conducted, and in 54% of cases, they were stored in places easily accessible to children. Lye was found in 19%, followed by illicit products in 39% of homes. In 13% of households, people produced soap, and in 12% they stored products in non-original containers. The use of illicit products and the manufacture of handmade soap were associated with lower educational level of the household owners and with the regions and socioeconomic classes with lower purchasing power.
Conclusions: risk practices such as inadequate storage, manufacturing, and use of sanitizing products by the population evidence the need for public health policies, including educational measures, as a means of preventing accidents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5946f56fb9134790bce3ae838a7e1a8a2022-12-22T03:26:25ZporBrazilian Society of PediatricsJornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português)2255-55362014-03-0190214915410.1016/j.jpedp.2013.08.009Use of sanitizing products: safety practices and risk situationsAna Aurélia Rocha da Silva0Raquel Souza Passos1Luiz Alberto Simeoni2Francisco de Assis Rocha Neves3Elisa de Carvalho4Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasília, DF, BrasilHospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasília, DF, BrasilCiências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, BrasilCiências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, BrasilHospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasília, DF, BrasilObjectives: to evaluate the handling and risk factors for poisoning and/or digestive tract injuries associated with the use of sanitizing products at home. Methods: interviews were conducted in 419 households from different regions, collecting epidemiological data from residents and risk habits related to the use and storage of cleaning products. Results: sanitizing products considered to be a health risk were found in 98% of the households where the research was conducted, and in 54% of cases, they were stored in places easily accessible to children. Lye was found in 19%, followed by illicit products in 39% of homes. In 13% of households, people produced soap, and in 12% they stored products in non-original containers. The use of illicit products and the manufacture of handmade soap were associated with lower educational level of the household owners and with the regions and socioeconomic classes with lower purchasing power. Conclusions: risk practices such as inadequate storage, manufacturing, and use of sanitizing products by the population evidence the need for public health policies, including educational measures, as a means of preventing accidents.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2255553614000366CausticsCorrosiveAccident preventionRisk groupsSanitizing products |
| spellingShingle | Ana Aurélia Rocha da Silva Raquel Souza Passos Luiz Alberto Simeoni Francisco de Assis Rocha Neves Elisa de Carvalho Use of sanitizing products: safety practices and risk situations Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português) Caustics Corrosive Accident prevention Risk groups Sanitizing products |
| title | Use of sanitizing products: safety practices and risk situations |
| title_full | Use of sanitizing products: safety practices and risk situations |
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| title_short | Use of sanitizing products: safety practices and risk situations |
| title_sort | use of sanitizing products safety practices and risk situations |
| topic | Caustics Corrosive Accident prevention Risk groups Sanitizing products |
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