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Nursing Care
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International Conference on
Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2
J Intensive Crit Care Nurs, Volume 2
Nursing staff and exposure to body fluids, Hospital Esmeraldas Sur Ecuador 2017
Rocío Elizabeth Castillo Andrade
1
, María Ximena Tapia Paguay
1
, Sara María Rosales Rivadeneira
1
and
Mauro Darío
Rivera Flores
2
1
North Technical University, Ecuador
2
Ministerio de Salud Publica, Ecuador
F
or health professionals, the risk of exposure to body
fluids potentially contaminated by pathogenic germs is
still the most frequent and the greatest of avoidable labor
risks. Nurses have a higher risk of occupational exposure,
because professional practice involves high handling of
sharp-cutting elements and potentially infectious organic
liquids. The objective of the study was to establish the
risk of exposure to body fluids in nursing personnel. The
research has a qualitative and non-experimental design of
observational, analytical, descriptive and transversal type.
The data collected through a survey and an observation
guide were recorded in a Microsoft Excel database for
tabulation and respective analysis. The results indicate a
satisfactory knowledge of the biosafety norms, 56.9% refer
to be immunized against hepatitis B, in the last three years
the professionals reported having presented exposures
to HIV, HBV and pulmonary TB. During the study it was
observed that 57.5% does not evaluate any biological risk,
as well as a 57.5% deficit in the use of personal protection
equipment. There were 56.7% risk exposures, involving the
presence of blood in 24.1% and trauma to the sharpshooter
as the most frequent accident. In addition, only 9.2%made
the corresponding notification. Training strategies aimed
at improving the perception and evaluation of risk due to
exposure to body fluids should be considered, as well as
measures aimed at their prevention and post exposure to
biological risk.
Speaker Biography
Rocio Elizabeth Castillo Andrade obtains the Degree in Nursing at
the Technical University of North Ibarra Ecuador, and of Magister in
Teaching University and Educational Investigation, National University
of Loja; Has worked as: Nurse in the Hospital San Vicente de Paúl de
Ibarra. Professor of the Nursing Career at the Technical University of the
North, she has served as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences
of the Universidad Técnica del Norte. She currently serves as Dean of
the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Universidad Técnica del Norte.
e:
recastillo@utn.edu.ec