Biological Risks in Nursing Personnel: A Look at Sustainable Development in Venezuela.

• Lisbeth Díaz

  FECACSO 2025

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7888-5339

Introduction: Currently, the country is experiencing social uncertainty, and nursing professionals are no exception. Their role is to provide humane care, and to take care of those who suffer a work-related accident. Objective: To analyze the occupational exposure to biological hazards among nursing staff from a sustainable development perspective. Methodology: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative field study. The population consisted of 135 nurses. A simple random probability sample of 33 nurses from a hospital in the central region of Carabobo, Venezuela. The confidence level was 90% (0.9); the maximum permissible error was 10% (0.1). Data collection technique: questionnaire design. Results: A population of 33 nurses working in the public health sector was studied. According to academic level, 18 (54.5%) were nursing graduates, 11 (33.3%) were higher technicians, and 4 (12.1%) were specialists. The types of injuries caused by occupational accidents were: needle 60.6%, splashes 27.3%, cuts 9.1%, and scratches 3.0%. In nursing practice, contact with patients poses a biological risk as a means of contagion. Conclusions: The causative material agent (needle prick) was found, as well as a work-related accident rate of 0.64%, which could have a negative impact on the worker due to being exposed to biological risk and the possibility of contracting an infectious disease, affecting their stability in economic and social sustainability.

1. Lisbeth Díaz, FECACSO 2025

   XIII CONGRESO CENTROAMERICANO Y DEL CARIBE DE SALUD OCUPACIONAL. FECACSO 20225

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