Conocimiento en la aplicación de la lista de verificación de cirugía segura del personal de salud del área quirúrgica de un hospital de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Surgery, a pillar of modern medicine, demands precise planning. The safe surgery checklist stands as an essential tool, ensuring confirmation of critical aspects at all stages of the procedure. Objective: Identify the knowledge in the application of the safe surgery checklist of health personnel in the surgical area of a hospital in the city of Guayaquil. Methodological Design: study with a quantitative, descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional approach. Population: 60 health personnel from the surgical area. Technique: Survey. Instrument: Questionnaire. Results: Among the work characteristics, there is a predominance of personnel between 22 and 30 years of age (50%), female (72%), graduates in nursing (95%), who work in the morning shift (65%) of 1 to 5 years in the institution (42%). Regarding the first phase, health personnel recognize the importance of crucial procedures such as identity confirmation (95%); In the second phase, it recognizes the importance of two fundamental aspects: the presentation by name and function of all team members (93%); Regarding the third phase, they are aware of the importance of confirming the existence of problems related to instruments and equipment before completing the surgery (90%). Conclusion: Health personnel show good knowledge in the safe surgery checklist. Although there is a small group with no knowledge of some procedures, in general, they are well informed and aware of their importance for surgical safety.