Central Sterile Services Department: psychosocial risks related to the prescribed organization of nursing work.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the characteristics of work-flow organization of the Central Sterile Services Department and analyze whether nursing workers are subject to psychosocial risks.

Method: Mixed study, carried out between November 2017 and July 2019 with nursing workers of the Department of Central Sterile Services of a university hospital. Sampling for the quantitative stage of this study consisted of 36 professionals who have filled the Prescribed Work Organization Scale form, followed by statistical analysis.

Professional burnout of nursing team working to fight the new coronavirus pandemic.

Objective: to identify burnout and associated factors among nursing workers working in coping with COVID-19.

Methods: a cross-sectional study, developed in four hospitals in a capital in southern Brazil. Sample (n=499) composed of nurses and nursing technicians/assistants, who answered an online form containing socio-occupational characterization and the Maslach Burnout Inventory.