Medidas de bioseguridad en el personal de salud del Hospital General IESS Riobamba, año 2018

Abstract

The objective of this work was to determine compliance with biosafety measures by health personnel working at the IESS Riobamba General Hospital in 2018. This work is descriptive, quantitative cross-sectional in which a sample of a sample was taken. A population of 530 health workers with a random sample of 223 workers who, under prior signature of the informed consent, were conducted an anonymous survey, in addition to working together with an occupational medicine of the IESS General Hospital -RIOBAMBA who granted the basis of data on exposure and punctures and occupational risk. It has been found that the staff is highly trained in knowledge about basic biosafety rates with 88% and 70% respectively. The levels of knowledge on the part of the health workers of the Riobamba General Hospital are adequate, however, more practical workshops are needed for the application of these measures for greater safety of health personnel with high occupational risk to exposure of a puncture, it is important also the notification of cases for the use of prophylactic measures in case of contact with a risk agent.