Competencias de prevención y control de infecciones y bioseguridad en los programas de instrumentación quirúrgica en Colombia

Abstract

IntroductionThe Global Health Security Agenda have indicated the need to ensure the training of health care workers in infection control and prevention. Materials and methodsAn ecological study was proposed. An aggregate comparison of surgical instrumentation programmes in Colombia was made and contrasted with the cross-cutting and specific competencies of the surgical technician and the infection prevention and control, and biosafety competencies proposed by international organisations. ResultsIt was observed that infection prevention and control and biosafety competences are included in the specific competencies of the curricula of the country’s 13 surgical instrumentation programmes. More hours are addressed to these competencies in theoretical-practical subjects in the first semesters, whereas cross-cutting competencies were found in practical subjects across the curriculum with greater intensity in the last semesters. ConclusionFor the health professions, the surgical instrumentation programme develops specific and cross-cutting competencies related to infection prevention and control, and biosafety. This means surgical instrumentation curricula can be considered a baseline for cementing the academic offer for health sciences professions at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.