Occupational Risk Factor Due to Exposure to Biological Agents Using Epidemiological Direct Observation Techniques in a Clinical Laboratory.

EasyChair Preprint no. 12143

Abstract

Exposure to biohazards in health care settings is very common, but their handling increases in the clinical laboratory environment, and maintaining organised control of biosafety standards will provide protection for health care workers. (2)
We will conduct the following study focused on occupational risk factors caused by biological agents to which professionals working in the clinical laboratory of the Hospital Básico del Ángel are exposed. This study will be carried out using the Biogaval - Neo 2018 method. Data will be collected from June to December 2022, through field observation using a mixed qualitative-quantitative-quantitative descriptive methodology to identify the work areas with the highest occupational risk.
The Biogaval method aims to provide a guide for technical personnel in occupational health and safety to analyse the different areas where there is a probability of biological risk, as well as to guide the implementation and execution of preventive and control measures.
In the different areas of the laboratory, workers had accidents with biological agents with possible contagion with microorganisms through punctures, lacerations, or cuts, including inhalation of aerosols and contact with contaminated material. In view of these risk factors, it is necessary to evaluate the conditions in which they work, since this will be the beginning of a series of decisions that will improve the performance of the institutions that work under these risks.

Keyphrases: Biosafety, clinical laboratory biological, Health risks, personnel protection, Risks

@Booklet{EasyChair:12143,
  author = {Johanna Elizabeth Mayanquer Cadena and Rommel Fernando Rosero Guerrero and Héctor Leonardo Oña Serrano},
  title = {Occupational Risk Factor Due to Exposure to Biological Agents Using Epidemiological Direct Observation Techniques in a Clinical Laboratory.},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 12143},

  year = {EasyChair, 2024}}