Manejo de heridas quirúrgicas en pacientes de las salas de cirugía de un hospital de Guayaquil. Año 2018.

Abstract

Introduction: The care of surgical wounds involves the application of several control and prevention strategies, starting from the sanitation of the hands, one of appropriate disinfectants, care in the handling of aseptic techniques, scientific principles, cleaning, protection of the skin, as well as the expertise of the nurse in order to prevent complications and allow rapid healing. The objective tends to describe the management of surgical wounds in patients of the surgery rooms of a hospital in Guayaquil. Methodology was a descriptive, quantitative, prospective type of non-experimental transversal design. The population consisted of 40 nursing professionals working in the areas of surgery. Results: 55% were men, 62% were between 20 and 25 years old, 78% had another job, 60% were assigned 15 patients per nurse, 100% considered continuous training necessary, observation matrix describes deficiencies in surgical site assessment, application of aseptic techniques, hand hygiene, scarce supplies, use of protective barriers Conclusion, there are several causes that affect the inadequate management of surgical wounds, whose causes are attributed to fatigue of personnel, absence of protocols, failures in the feedback and timely identification of problems that affect the quality of patient care.