Manejo de las estrategias de prevención y control de tuberculosis por el personal de enfermería de un Centro de Salud de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Tuberculosis is an infectious illness which is caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, this pathology affects the adult, young and productive population, 80% of cases about pulmonary tuberculosis are in sensitive patient groups. Continually, Tuberculosis is linked to poverty, but many conclusive ones play an important role in its prevalence. Latin-American countries deal with this illness and nursing has an important role controlling this trouble designing uncut interventions in distinctive spheres of bloke, family and society. Reminding the general objective: To Evaluate the management of strategies about Tuberculosis Control Program by the nursing staff of a health center in Guayaquil city therefore the research method is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach. As population Results we had 30 diagnosed cases from May to August, 70% of the cases the external query area is where nursing staff proceeds with SR catchment and 77% of the patients report that they are educated for the sputum sample and nursing staff provides them a daily treatment. In conclusion, the nursing staff that is in charge of the program strategies of patients’ treatment with tuberculosis, it is a fundamental axis for the promotion, prevention and treatment of patients with this pathology.