Frecuencia de accidentes laborales en el personal de salud del Hospital Monte Sinai Cuenca 2016

Abstract

Background: historically, occupational accidents have occurred over time and in every area. The work of health personnel is not excluded from this risk, due to routine, exhausting work with predisposition for the development of multiple risks such as ergonomic, injuries with short stabbing material among others. Objective: determine the frequency of work accidents caused by: short stabbing material, body fluids and body mechanics in the health personnel of Monte Sinaí Cuenca Hospital 2016. Methodology: we used a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional cohort study, with a finite universe of 88 people. For the investigation a survey of Tayupanta Soledad and Ulco Carmen was applied. The information was processed in the SPSS version 22 program. The results are presented in tables of frequencies and percentages. Results: the most affected people are female nursing staff with 75%, with ages ranging from 20 to 30 years. Likewise, the work experience is from 1 to 5 years. On the other hand, the frequency of occupational accidents was mostly by short stabbing material with 31.8% as mentioned above and was caused by work overload with 11.4%. Conclusions: the present investigation concludes that the main frequency of occupational accidents was by short stabbing material with 31.8%, with a significant value of chi2 equivalent to 0.004, which gives a significance value. Accidents by body mechanics are with 4.5%, followed by accidents with body fluids with 2.3%