PERCEPTION OF WORKERS ABOUT THE WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY SYSTEM IN A LEVEL III HOSPITAL, BOGOT�-COLOMBIA. 2014.

Macedonio Hern�ndez Rodr�guez; Miryam Esther Hernandez Rodriguez; Edith Mireya Mora Lozano; Cristian Duvan Hern�ndez Rodriguez

Volume : IV, Issue : X, October - 2015

PERCEPTION OF WORKERS ABOUT THE WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY SYSTEM IN A LEVEL III HOSPITAL, BOGOT�-COLOMBIA. 2014.

Macedonio Hern Ndez Rodr Guez, Miryam Esther Hernandez Rodriguez, Edith Mireya Mora Lozano, Cristian Duvan Hern Ndez Rodriguez

Abstract :

Purpose: To evaluate the perception of workers about the workplace health and safety system among the nursing and administrative population in a Healthcare Level III Hospital, Bogot�-Colombia. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study of the nursing and administrative personnel. The validated �Nordic Occupational Safety Climate Questionnaire NOSACQ 50 Spanish� was administered. The sample was of a probabilistic stratified random type, on 308 workers (230 nursing and 78 administrative). Results: The mean age was 39.5� 12 years, with a higher occurrence of the female gender (74.68%), of unmarried civil status (38.96%) and with a technical-level education (34.40%). The perception of workers about the workplace health and safety system was independent of their nursing or administrative work activity type (p>0.05); the highest perception among both groups was the trust of workers in the efficacy of the of the safety system (2.71 and 2.77), and the lowest perceptions were for empowerment of management safety (2.35 and 2.46) and security as a priority of workers and risk rejection (2.35 and 2.40). Conclusions: Workers at the Hospital have an adequate level of good perception about workplace health and safety matters; it was demonstrated that the trust of workers in the system´s efficacy was the system´s strength, whereas its weakness was the lack of empowerment and risk rejection.