“Presencia de microorganismos en los equipos tecnológicos y su relación con los hábitos higiénicos que aplican los actores asociados a la carrera de enfermería”

Abstract

The use of technological equipment within educational establishments is very frequent and necessary, provided it is used properly in the correct places, its sale without any restriction or care to disinfect it and the non-compliance with asepsis and biosafety regulations in an establishment of Education, constitute a source of contamination of pathogenic opportunistic bacteria for nosocomial infections, that is, a fomite. The objective of this study was to determine the level of knowledge about the presence of microorganisms in the technological equipment and its relation with the hygienic habits applied by the actors associated to the nursing career.The results obtained showed that nursing career teachers have developed hygiene practices and habits for the use and management of technological equipment, since they try to disinfect them frequently, in the same way they take care of their personal hygiene, since they wash their hands several times a day avoiding transmitting these microorganisms to those who are in their environment, however, students do not do so because they do not disinfect their technological equipment, they only clean them with a damp cloth, they also wash their hands maximum 5 times a day, being prone to contracting and transmit the microorganisms that are in their teams. Considering the practices, attitudes and habits currently possessed by teachers and students of the nursing career, the development of a disinfection guide for the prevention of the transition of microorganisms isolated from technological equipment is proposed.