Gestión hospitalaria sobre el manejo de desechos infecciosos en el hospital básico SIGCHOS, de la coordinación zonal 3 de salud.

Abstract

The health and environmental system is a global priority, due to the risk factors that arise due to the effect of anthropogenic interventions on the environment, which makes the population vulnerable. The objective of the research was to evaluate hospital management on the management of infectious wastes at Sigchos Basic Hospital in order to establish as a proposal a comprehensive management plan for hospital waste. For the study, the quantitative approach, descriptive scope, non-experimental and cross-sectional research were used as a methodology, the survey was technical and the sample was 113 people. The results were that the unit was not equipped according to the number of waste produced, the location and accessibility of the waste containers were inadequate, the containers with waste were collected with inadequate periodicity, the staff does not know how often they are collected, waste transport was inadequate and waste disposal was carried out with inadequate periodicity. Unit staff did not have instructions on waste management and had not received training on infectious waste management. Is was concluded that hospital management on the management of infectious wastes at Sigchos Basic Hospital was inadequate, since there were serious problems in the transport and differentiated collection of waste, in the classification of waste in the generation sites and the exposure of the operators.