Monografía manejo de residuos de riesgo biológico y químico, generados en quirófanos de centros sanitarios latinoamericanos desde el año 2015 hasta el año 2020

Abstract

Introduction. Surgical rooms are the most important area and highlight of the surgical process, therefore, health care institutions optimally condition those spaces as required by Colombian law and guarantee to provide the best quality services and patient care With medical-surgical personnel trained to carry out the various procedures, in turn, essential supplies are used in the environment, since it is there that hazardous hospital waste is generated, such as those of chemical and biological risk. Objective. To identify the management of Biological and Chemical risk residues generated in operating rooms of Latin American health centers from 2015 to 2020 available in scientific lietrature. Methodology. A compilation monograph of a systematic review of critical literature was carried out, with a descriptive qualitative approach, corresponding to the area of public health study, conducting an investigation on waste generated in surgery. Results: 200 articles from different databases were found, of which 30 were taken as a sample, meeting the inclusion criteria defined for this review and consolidated by means of tables that allowed qualitative descriptions to be made. Conclusions. It was found that there is a cognitive gap on the part of the health area personnel in important aspects for public and environmental health in the identification of segregation parameters and / or final disposal of waste in Latin American surgical environments, in addition to little supervision by regulatory entities.