Cumplimiento en el manejo de los objetos cortopunzantes por el equipo de salud que labora en el área de emergencia en un hospital de especialidades de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Using sharp objects, including today the greatest occupational risk for health team members, lack of information and training of staff entails making mistakes of impacting on their health. The objective of this investigation is to determine the compliance in the handling of sharp objects by the health team in theemergency area of a hospital in the city of Guayaquil. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study with a quantitative approach, a dichotomous question form and an observation guide are used for data collection. The sample chosen was 64 integrators of the emergency health team. Among the main results of the male studies, 45% of them single, with little work seniority. Regarding the handling of sharp objects, 44% of the uses are always, although there is a considerable segment of respondents who say that they were never trained(30%), the channeling constitutes the procedure with the greatest work accident (40%)and the use of needles (33%), exposing staff to various infections. Conclusion: It was determined that despite the fact that the staff uses the technique of a single hand they suffer accidents of punctures in the moment of channeling a way, demonstrating that the health team do not take the precautionary measures the area in force.