Protective measures against blood-borne pathogens in undergraduate students

• Autores: Alva, Pilar, Cornejo, William, Tapia, Mario, Sevilla, Carlos
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2006
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/1315
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/1315
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Medidas de protección colectiva; prácticas clínicas; estudiantes del área de salud; patógenos de residuos de sangre; Collective safety measures; clinical clerkship; students; health occupations; blood-borne pathogens

Objective: To measure the protective barriers use frequency by undergraduate Medical Technology School students during their elective period at both the University and the hospital. Design: Survey study. Setting: Daniel A. Carrion Tropical Medicine Institute, San Marcos Major National University. Participants: Technology Professional Academic School students. Interventions: A self-administered, anonymous questionnaire covering sex, age, and protective barriers was distributed to 68 fourth- and fifthyear medical technician students at the University of San Marcos, School of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medicine. Main outcome measures: Gown, gloves, pipete pumps and mask use. Results: Sixty-five students (95,5%) returned the questionnaire. The use of gowns, gloves, pipette pumps, and masks was 98,5%, 49,2%, 33,8% and 9,2% at the University, and 78,9%, 78,9%, 52,6% and 26,3% in the hospital, respectively. Conclusions: The use of protective barriers was low both at the University and the hospital. Study findings support a need to educate students more carefully on safe practices at work.