This is a descriptive study based on qualitative methods aimed at outlining the connection between occurrence and lack of reporting of occupational accident with biological material reported in a teaching hospital at Curitiba, Parana State, Brazil. Data collection involved searching report made in 2010 by the Epidemiology unit and semi-structured interviews with key informants from a hospital. Data were examined according to historical and dialectical materialism that led to the identification of structural, specific and unique aspects of occupational accident reports.
Collective health; Nursing; Occupational health