Accidentes laborales por pinchazos de agujas en el profesional de enfermería del Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en el año 2020.

Abstract

Work accident is one that occurs through the exercise of work, in the service of the institution, causing bodily injury, functional disturbance or illness that causes death, loss or permanent or temporary reduction of the ability to work. Objective: To determine occupational accidents due to needle sticks in the nursing professional at Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital in 2020, Type of study: descriptive, Method: quantitative, according to prospective time, Design: according to the nature of the data is transversal, Population: studied was made up of 102 nursing professionals, Instrument: online survey of 14 questions with multiple response alternatives, Data processing technique: the Excel 2016 program was used to obtain statistical data on the object of study. Results: women predominate, the ages between 24 and 34 years with morning shifts were the most relevant, therefore with 79% of the population said that if they had occupational accidents due to needle sticks, where the associated factors revealed that the hooded needles with 41% and because of the demand of patients with 52% were the cause to produce such injuries. In addition, 98% had no consequences and only 2 revealed hepatitis b, it is related to the behaviors of a notification and a rapid antisepsis in the injured area. Conclusion: It was stated that the associated factors of the surveys were needle hooding, work overload and poor selection of infectious waste as the most relevant in the study.