Programa educativo sobre uso de antibióticos, prevención de resistencia antimicrobiana, dirigido al personal sanitario, Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social Ambato, diciembre 2021- marzo 2022.

Abstract

The aim was to design an educational programme on rational use of antibiotics and prevention of antimicrobial resistance, aimed at healthcare personnel of the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social, Ambato, December 2021- March 2022. The research was descriptive applied because it described the facts and characteristics of the problem. The quantitative method was used to collect the percentage of knowledge of health personnel on the use of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in the Intensive Care Unit. A study of knowledge and practices was conducted with 113 participants who make up the medical staff of the intensive care unit over a period of 6 months of research. The most important results were identified in which 69% of the medical staff mentioned that one of the main causes is the wrong pharmacological associations that have perpetuated drug-resistant microorganisms. Within the responses 15% stated that avoiding laboratory analysis is part of the antibiotic prescribing process and 71.7% of medical staff stated that the prescribing criteria are safety, convenience, effectiveness, efficacy, treatment costs, safety and effectiveness. The study found that medical staff did not have an adequate level of knowledge about the clinical guidelines for antibiotic prescribing, as well as about vital issues such as the mechanisms of action of antibiotics, the importance of laboratory results, prevention of antimicrobial resistance and others. Based on the diagnosis, an educational proposal was designed for the rational use of antibiotics and prevention of antimicrobial resistance aimed at health personnel in the intensive care unit of the IESS Ambato Hospital, considering the active-participatory methodology in order to obtain better results.