Residual anesthetic gases and its incidence on the personnel's health that works in the surgery "A" of the José Maria Vargas Hospital, Cagua, Aragua

Abstract

Introduction: Personnel´s health assigned to the hospital operating room service are expose always to inherent risks due to the concentration of anesthetic gases or inhalational anesthetic agents during surgical procedures or interventions. Objective: To analyze the
residual anesthetic gases incidence in the personnel's health who works in the operating room “A” of the José María Vargas Hospital in Cagua, Aragua state (Venezuela). Because there are, factors that could be affecting the health of exposed workers. Materials and methods: The research was positivist; the quantitative method was supported by field research, bibliographic, documentary, non-experimental design, and descriptive-analytical level. The sample was also nonprobabilistic census and was made up of twelve (12) anesthesiologists, five (5) nurses and (4) servers working in the Hospital Operating Room “A”. The observation was used with a checklist and the survey with the use of a questionnaire. Results: Gas spillage in the vaporizers of the studied area is avoid, the masks are secured while the surgical acts are developed, anesthetic gas leaks are reported, if there are any, they know the risks of anesthetic gas. The selected persons said that they have medical check-ups to prevent risks and diseases due to the leakage of anesthetic gases, they use the necessary protective equipment to perform their work in the operating room area. However, they suffer from stress; have headaches, asthenia, dizziness, frequent drowsiness and emotional irritability. Conclusions: the dangerous processes are reflect in the deterioration of the health of the operating room staff and is manifest in the conditions and environment of the operating room “A” in which the workers are daily expose.