Características de los accidentes laborales producidos por pinchazo de aguja y objetos punzocortantes en el personal de salud del Hospital II-2 Tarapoto, periodo agosto – noviembre del 2016

• Autor: Del Aguila Calderon, Karen Patricia
• Formato: tesis de grado
• Fecha de Publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de San Martin - Tarapoto
• Repositorio: UNSM-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unsm.edu.pe:11458/838
• Enlace del recurso: http://hdl.handle.net/11458/838
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Accidentes laborales; Personal de salud; Punzocortantes; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.27

Objective: To know the characteristics of occupational accidents caused by needle stick and sharp objects in the health personnel of Tarapoto II-2 Hospital, from August to November, 2016. Methodology: A descriptive, relational, cross-sectional study. From a population of 388 health workers, a sample of 142 was obtained. Data collection was by individual interview with a questionnaire as an instrument. Results: A frequency of 65.5%, predominantly female, was found between 18 and 26 years, nurses, between 6 and 10 years of working age, and surgical areas. There is no relation between the epidemiological characteristics and the occurrence of accidents (p˃α = 0.05). 47.3% experienced at least one accident. 67.8% had injuries after the second year of service and 46.2% did in morning shift. The hollow needle caused 69.9% of accidents and in 50.5% the device was contaminated with blood. During the procedure 33.3% of the accidents were presented and only 39.8% were reported. 60.7% did not report because they did not believe they had an exposure infection. Only 32.3% sought medical care, of which 73.3% did so immediately. Conclusion: A large percentage of health personnel have experienced injury during their work performance