BIOSEGURIDAD EN EL PERSONAL QUE LABORA EN LA RECOLECCIÓN DE BASURA EN LOS SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS MUNICIPALES DEL CANTÓN SUCRE DICIEMBRE 2005 A MAYO DEL 2006

Abstract

The present investigative work is of traverse-descriptive-observational-qualitative cohort whose objective was the one of identifying the bioseguridad in the personnel that works in the gathering of garbage in the municipal public services of the canton Sucre, December 2005 - May 2006. The universe was conformed by 60 municipal workers in charge of gathering of garbage, from the moment of the gathering, the whole journey until the municipal botadero.

The information was obtained by means of the interview carried out the different Departmental Bosses of the municipality, verifying the validity and the application of bioseguridad norms in the handling of the garbage generated by the population, he/she is also carried out a survey to all the municipal workers with the purpose of determining its necessities during its work days. The objective of the survey and observation guide was good to detect the problems and necessities felt by the municipal workers.

The variables that were investigated were: Technical of Bioseguridad that the personnel uses with his dimensions, the municipal worker's general characteristics, technical of bioseguridad, epidemic profile; and Gathering of Garbage with their dimension, gathering system.

The most outstanding thing that you could verify in the observation and interview was: - The municipal workers don't use the due measures of security in the handling from the waste to the moment of the gathering. - The Municipality doesn't have bioseguridad norms - That medical department doesn't exist with registration of labor accidents and that they benefit to this labor class. - The municipal workers have schedule of work settled down in two days covered with 08H00 at 12H00 and of 14H00 at 16H00 for the workers in relation to the gathering of garbage. - The entity municipal bill with schedules, but not with established educational programs as for the gathering of garbage according to the type of waste or garbage generated by the population. - 90% of the municipal workers doesn't have the complete and appropriate gear to carry out the handling of the waste. - 80% of the municipal workers doesn't have the elements and complete and appropriate materials for the handling of the garbage. - The population's 70% doesn't contribute with the storage, selection and deposit of the garbage, generated in its home, and 30% they make it as they specify it the Municipal ordinances of the Canton Sucre. - 80% of the municipal workers in charge of the gathering of garbage is family boss and of masculine sex, while 17% of the same sex is family member and 3% of feminine sex being also family boss. - The personnel in charge by tercerizadoras with 63% fulfills 8 hours of the personnel's daily work appointment with 33% with the same loads work horarias. - 92% of the municipal workers doesn't know the process of storage of the garbage as for the storage according to the type of waste, be these polluted ones organic and inorganic that should be stored in red cases the polluted ones, you are founded white organic and black cases the inorganic ones, while 8% if he/she knows the storage process according to the type of waste. - 47% of the workers says that the biggest source of not well stored and infectious garbage is them in the hospital and houses of health of the canton while 37% is them in the streets. - 97% of the municipal workers in charge of the gathering of the garbage, it maintains ignorance as for bioseguridad measures, this makes indicate that they have never received training on the part of the institution to which you/they owe you. - 22% says that if they have the gear or uniform as half of protection but these they are in not well state, of 78% that he/she says that it doesn't have this gear. - The municipal worker for the wrong handling of the garbage presents digestive illnesses in 23% of 22% of illnesses of the skin. The municipal labor personnel that works in the service of toilet pùblico of the Cantòn Sucre, refers that it fulfills 10% in cuànto to the application of bioseguridad measures in the handling of the garbage. Taking like reference these data recommendations are left to improve the quality of these workers' life. Norms are elaborated for the due gathering of waste, taking into account the bioseguridad norms that should apply each one of these municipal workers, is carried out exams coproparasitarios to determine types of parasites in each one of them with their due desparasitaciòn treatment.