Accidentes laborales por cortopunzantes en el equipo de salud de un centro de atención de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Introduction - Health workers while providing health care services are exposed to various risks, including accidents with sharps, even if biosecurity measures are not adequately addressed Objective.- To determine if the team of workers work in a health center of the City of Guayaquil has suffered accidents by sharpshooters. Methodology.- A descriptive, observational study is taken as a sample to 100% of the health personnel consisting of 8 Nursing graduates, 20 Physicians 20 Nursing Assistants, 5 Health Promoters, 6 Laborator, 4 Auxiliary of Various Services that work in the institution, for the collection of data we use the survey and guide of direct observation. Results.- It has been that 54% of health personnel have suffered accidents due to sharpshooters, 74% of health personnel have suffered accidents due to sharpshooters, 18% mentioned not having been trained, 50% reported having suffered accidents with sharps in the injection application. Conclusions.- Deficit in the knowledge in the health personnel about the sharps flow chart, partial compliance of the norms, and hospital wastes little availability of guardians within the area.