Evaluación de la bioseguridad en el área de quirófanos en un hospital de tercer nivel del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social.

Abstract

In the present work, the Biosafety Assessment was carried out in the operating room area, Biosafety is the set of knowledge, techniques, measures, principles and operational guidelines that are applied in health institutions in order to prevent occupational accidents and reduce the risk of infections associated with medical care in patients; its correct application has a positive impact on both the public and private health systems. The general objective of this research was to carry out the biosafety assessment in the central operating room area through the application of quantitative techniques to develop a training program at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital. It was a quantitative, non-experimental, applicative-level investigation of cross-sectional design and the data collection was carried out in a single time. The study population made up of medical, nursing, cleaning workers and orderlies. And the calculation of the sample was for convenience. Results: The level of knowledge of the work team on risks is higher than 75%; the application of biosafety standards, protocols and procedures are high and there are shortcomings in the application due to the application of routines for a long time, difficult to overcome. A proposal was developed to train HTMC health professionals.