Factores de riesgos ergonómicos de un grupo de empleados de un hospital público en la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

This degree work is related to the "Ergonomic risks of a group of employees of a public hospital in the city of Guayaquil". It is positioned from the quantitative approach where we sought to determine what kind of ergonomic risks that may affect a group of workers in a public hospital. Through the collection, tabulation, ordering and analysis of data quantitative which allowed to characterize the different musculoskeletal disorders, by means of the conceptual referents written in chapter 2. So also through the application of national regulations such as the National Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, to international ones such as those dictated by the ILO. This research focused on identifying how skeletal muscle disorders affect the day-to-day work of the personnel under study and how they have a negative impact on their health, generating diseases of their own job. The main results of this investigation on the ergonomic risks of a group of employees of a public hospital in the city of Guayaquil, identified that the working conditions are not optimal since the staff does not have the proper training on the correct use of the PPE, on the lesions that are mainly affecting your lower back. Although labor conditions are contrasted with the so-called decent work as indicated by the Constitution and decent work as indicated by the ILO.