Knowledge and exposure to occupational risks of health personnel in the surgical area ; Conocimiento y exposición a riesgos laborales del personal de salud en el área quirúrgica

To identify the knowledge and the time of exposure to occupational hazards of personnel assigned to the operating room in an open population hospital. Methods: A descriptive, transversal and prolective study. Inclusion criteria: Personnel with more than two years working in the operating room. Non-probabilistic and consecutive sampling, N = 140 people. An anonymous questionnaire was designed that consisted of two areas: the first one with 14 questions, with the score of: 0-5 correct hits = unknown, 6-10 correct hits = little known, 11 or more correct hits = yes they do. The second area consisted of 22 questions with the days of exposure: 25 days to more and not exposed. A pilot test was applied and reliability was obtained with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.71 Data collection was performed over a period of three months. Results: It is not very significant the lack of knowledge of the servers in the surgical area; It was found that 55.7% are exposed to biological risks, to physical risks 66.4%, to chemical risks 58.6%, in terms of ergonomic risks standing work occupied 60.7% and sitting during the day 80.0%. As for psychological risks, workers are submitted to work stress at 61.4%. Conclusions: The lack of knowledge coupled with exposure time increases the risk of suffering from occupational disease. What opens new studies such as: What do those who are most exposed and sick of the disease become ill? ; Identificar los conocimientos y el tiempo de exposición a riesgos laborales del personal adscrito a quirófano en un hospital para personas sin seguridad social. Métodos: Estudio de tipo descriptivo, transversal y prolectivo. Criterios de inclusión: Personal con más de dos años trabajando en el quirófano. Muestreo no probabilístico y consecutivo, n= 140 personas. Se diseñó un cuestionario anónimo que constó de dos áreas: la primera de conocimientos con 14 preguntas, con la puntuación de: 0-5 aciertos correctos = desconocen, 6-10 aciertos correctos = conocen poco, 11 o más aciertos correctos = sí conocen. La segunda área ...