Análisis del cumplimiento de las medidas de bioseguridad en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos de un hospital público de tercer nivel de atención de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Compliance with biosafety measures is an element of essential importance in quality management in any hospital or nursing home. Determine the state of knowledge, compliance with biosafety protocols, risk factors linked to the progress of infections associated with health care and management in an intensive care unit. For this purpose, descriptive, quantitative, crosssectional research was applied, with a bibliographical, field modality, with the use of an observation guide and a survey, whose results showed a considerable degree of discernment on the part of critical care health professionals, in what is inherent in the management of individual protection implements, such as hand washing, inadequate management of institutional waste, the lack of supplies such as soap, alcohol gel, disinfectants and personal protective equipment, being the most relevant factors that intervened in this compliance. In conclusion, when the problem that is the lack of supplies of biosafety measures is evident, it is expected that the authorities strengthen their compliance to minimize the risk of infections associated with health care, for the prosperity of the professional and the users who receive them. medical assistance in the health home. As a proposal for improvement, it is to implement a standards manual and a committee for the prevention and control of infections associated with health care, which is being handled with the authorities, and to resolve the biosafety problem in the intensive care unit.