Abstract

VARGAS, Eldalaine Torres et al. Occupational risk factors in health professionals of a hospital in Pucallpa-Peru. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2023, vol.6, n.17, pp.515-523.  Epub May 08, 2023. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v6i17.242.

Health professionals in the emergency area are exposed to different occupational hazards, where they can suffer damages, injuries, or contagions within the work environment while facing their workday. The hazards present can affect individually or collectively, and have the possibility of triggering some modification in the worker's health, bringing with them alterations in the development causing low work performance or failure to meet the objectives of the hospital. Objective. To identify the occupational risk in health professionals of the emergency service of the Regional Hospital of Pucallpa, 2022. Materials and methods. A descriptive analysis study was carried out with a non-experimental design; cross-sectional -prospective; with a sample population of 81 health professionals of the emergency service of the Regional Hospital of Pucallpa; a survey was used as a technique and a questionnaire with four alternative value scales was used as an instrument. Results. The 65.4% were female; 64.2% were between 31 and 40 years old. The occupational risk in 48.2% indicated that it was high; 33.3% indicated that it was medium, and 18.5% indicated that it was low. Conclusions. The occupational risk is high; likewise, in the chemical, physical, ergonomic and psychosocial dimensions it is high, while in the biological dimension it is quite high.

Keywords : Occupational Risks; Emergency Service, Hospital; Health Personnel.

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