Uso de monitores para el aseguramiento en las prácticas de esterilización en hospitales de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Patient safety is currently a term that is implemented in every hospital entity, becoming part of many protocols, the evolution of sterilization procedures is the most important phase in sterilization to qualify the quality of the package is distributed. Objective: To evaluate compliance with the use of physical, chemical and biological indicators in the proposed hospitals. Materials and Methods: A descriptive, crosssectional study was carried out in four private an publics institution in Guayaquil. Results: 75% of the hospitals that use steam sterilization have registration of critical parameters, lethality test, use of more inclusive challenge package, 50% use biological indicators in implant surgeries and in gas sterilization has registries of critical parameters and lethality tests, 33.3% used more integrative challenge packages; in surgeries aimed at implants, only 33% use biological indicators and the release of loads with response. Conclusion: Compliance with the use of physical, chemical and biological monitors at the sterilization stage is low in gas sterilizers compared to steam sterilizers. There is low compliance of physical, chemical and biological indicators in both types of sterilizers.