Bioseguridad en la pandemia Covid-19: Estudio cualitativo sobre la praxis de enfermería en Ecuador 2020

Abstract

According to the WHO, biosecurity, it is a set of standards and measures to protect the health of personnel, against biological, chemical and physical risks to which they are exposed in the performance of their duties. The COVID-19 pandemic represents a new challenge to public health due to the transmission mechanism of SARS-CoV-2, the hospital biosafety protocols and standards have been adjusted under strict protection measures for the personnel that make up the first line of care, nursing professionals. Based on the above, an analysis of the perspective regarding the biosafety protocol, personal protective equipment, care, self-care and fear of contagion by SARS-CoV-2 faced by nursing personnel working in the COVID-19 pandemic was carried out. . The research had a qualitative-phenomenological approach, made up of five volunteer nursing professional informants, the data was collected through recorded interviews, they were transcribed and analyzed in categories, thus constructing results and conclusion of the investigation. The interviews carried out with the nursing staff revealed concern regarding the availability of supplies for protection due to the shortage of personal protective equipment worldwide, the increase in purchasing power and the low production, this being a potential danger to physical health at the time of delivery. exposure to provide care for infected patients. Concluding that the availability or absence of PPE puts at stake even the quality of care that can be given to patients, demonstrating the importance of caring for someone who, at this crucial moment in the history of humanity, is offering up their own life to save, that of others.