Occupational biological risks to which physiotherapists are exposed in level II and III hospital centers in the city of Popayán Riesgos biológicos ocupacionales a los que se encuentran expuestos los fisioterapeutas en centros hospitalarios nivel II y III de la ciudad de popayán

Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to expand knowledge about occupational accidents that occur due to biological risk in clinical physiotherapists in the city of Popayán, and to disseminate this knowledge to those who access this document, contributing to the establishment of strategies that allow them to reduce their incidence; Objective: The study consisted of determining the biological risk to which physiotherapists who work in the Clinical area of ​​three health institutions were exposed; Type of study A non-experimental, quantitative and transversal design was determined, whose sample consisted of 33 physiotherapists.
Result: The cause of injury was predominantly a puncture in 12%, the highest percentage of professionals who suffered accidents occurred in the offices with 50%, only 2.1% of the population knows the procedures and behavior in cases of accidents due to biological risk, 24.2% of the personnel subject to the study have had one or more work accidents due to biological risk in their workplace, and 9.1% of the population has suffered at least one occupational disease derived from biological risk. Based on the findings of the
The investigation concludes that the personal protection elements used by employees, in some cases, are not sufficient for the activities they carry out since in some cases they must reuse them. Some of the professionals evaluated do not adequately use the protection elements that the institutions where they work provide them, favoring the occurrence of accidents due to biological risk.