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摘要
objective: identify the rate of absenteeism in the nursing team in surgical-clinical units of a philanthropic hospital in the interior of the state of sˋo paulo, and determine the technical safety index for each professional category. methods: data were collected from documents of the nursing and personnel departments, covering the year 2006, using the equations proposed by gaidzinski. results: the percentage of planned absences (days off, holidays and vacations) corresponded, respectively, to 17%, 3.1% and 9%. maternity leaves were identified as the main reason for unplanned absences for the nursing workers, followed by medical leaves. the technical safety index varied from 32% to 47% for nurses and from 35% to 40% for nursing auxiliaries and nursing technicians. conclusion: the identification of the safety index for covering absences provides nurses with tools for planning nursing human resources quanti-qualitatively.
