Evaluación del riesgo biológico en actividades relacionadas con el tratamiento de aguas residuales de la unidad del GADMunicipal de Chaguarpamba

Abstract

Abstract: This research addressed the issue of biological risk assessment in activities related to wastewater treatment in the Drinking Water and Sanitary Sewerage Unit of the Municipal Gad of the Chaguarpamba canton; the main objective was to assess the biological risk to which workers are exposed, when carrying out those activities in which there is no deliberate intention to manipulate biological agents. To start with the study, it was required to know the entire wastewater treatment process carried out by the workers; for which we proceeded with the collection of the information in situ; After this stage of data collection, interviews, we proceeded to determine the jobs to be evaluated, then based on the BIOGAVAL methodology the biological agents were identified, considering the following variables: classification of biological agents, transmission routes, exposure, working hours, hygienic measures adopted by the municipality, personal and collective protective equipment.