Conocimientos sobre residuos hospitalarios en estudiantes de enfermería de decimo semestre de la Universidad Santiago de Cali en el año 2019A

Abstract

hospital waste is solid, liquid or gaseous substances, materials or products, generated in health facilities, which contain biological-infectious agents, with harmful effects on health and the environment, due to the danger characteristics they represent. Objective: to determine the knowledge about hospital waste in nursing students of the tenth semester of the Santiago de Cali University in the 2019th year. Methodology: the methodological design was descriptive, cross-sectional; with the total student population. Based on the methodology proposed in the research, we sought to identify knowledge, regarding hospital waste. The information collection technique used was a survey, which contained sociodemographic information and questions about knowledge of hospital waste management. Results: the present investigation showed that a large part of the population has a poor level of knowledge, especially in the aspects of management (53%) and impact (45%) of hospital waste. On the other hand, when investigating aspects related to classification of hospital waste, it was observed that a large population (43%) have a good knowledge on this subject, which indicates that the people evaluated identify and classify the different types of waste. Conclusion: great shortcomings were observed in this field, as it is in the case of the study carried out in a Choco Hospital, Colombia (2012) on knowledge and practices of workers in the management of hospital waste.