Cumplimiento del lavado de manos por el personal de salud en el área de traumatología en un hospital del norte de la ciudad.

Abstract

The hands of health personnel is the main source of transmission of microorganisms, therefore, the risk of acquiring infections associated with health care due to the limited compliance with the hygiene of the health personnel, influenced the development of the present investigation, whose objective: was to describe the accomplishment of hand washing by the health personnel in the area of traumatology in a hospital in the north of the city of Guayaquil. The methodology: Type of descriptive, quantitative, prospective study from April to August 2018 and cross-sectional, applying the direct observation guide of the WHO through a checklist to observe compliance with the handwashing of health personnel, identifying the following results: most of the health personnel are women, nursing graduates, who work in the morning shift, who have work experience of 1 to 5 years. The moments of highest compliance for hand washing most applied by health personnel is the third moment with 96%, the second moment with 78%, the fourth moment with 46%, followed by the fifth moment with 42%, and the first moment with the 21% that are those of lower compliance, one of the most used elements for hand hygiene was soap and water with 68%. In conclusion: it was determined that the staff that most fulfills the hand washing is nursing with 43%, followed by inmates with 21%, doctors 19%, auxiliary nurses 17%, and the time of greatest compliance is the third moment after exposure to body fluids with 96%. Regarding the elements most commonly used for hand washing, it can be concluded that washing with soap and water is the most applied by health personnel, which positively influences to prevent and reduce the transmission of pathogenic microorganisms that occur in the patient's environment.