“Clasificación de los desechos sanitarios por parte de los estudiantes que ingresan al laboratorio de simulación de la facultad de ciencias de la salud de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato en el ciclo académico septiembre 2019 febrero 2020”.

Abstract

The "classification of sanitary waste by students entering the simulation laboratory of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Technical University of Ambato in the academic year September 2019 February 2020", aimed In general, evaluate how the classification of sanitary waste is carried out by students who carry out simulation practices.

The research was quantitative, for which data collection surveys were applied to determine the status of the problem, sampling was applied using the formula n= Za 2 *p*q/d2(N-1) + Za 2*p*q, where the population was 778 students and a sample of 161 students was obtained. It was applied as it was given a solution to the problem. According to its temporal scope, it was cross-sectional since the study was carried out at a certain time. According to its objective it was descriptive, since we were able to describe the context of the problem, and according to the framework where it was carried out it was field since it was carried out in the simulation laboratory, where the problem arose.

From the data collected through the review document and the application of student surveys, it was obtained that, in the simulation laboratory, the waste generated during the clinical simulation practice is properly classified, more often common waste is generated, followed by infectious wastes and short sharps unlike special ones are rarely generated.