Propuesta estratégica de mejora en la implementación de los estándares mínimos del Sistema de Gestión de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (SG-SST) en la empresa Ecopetrol S.A para el año 2020.

El objetivo de la presente Propuesta es crear Estrategias de mejora para la Implementación de los Estándares Mínimos del Sistema de Gestión de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (SG-SST) en la empresa Ecopetrol S.A para el año 2020. El estudio se realizó implementando la tabla de valores y calificación de los estándares mínimos SG-SST dispuestos en la resolución 0312 de 2019 del Ministerio de Trabajo. El puntaje obtenido con base a la calificación de ítems fue favorable para la petrolera. Aun así, permitirá establecer alternativas de mejora, a través de un plan donde minuciosamente se incluyen actividades, áreas involucradas, responsables, recursos económicos y fechas estimadas en pro de afrontar la situación actual de la empresa en materia de SG-SST. Se concluye con la elaboración de la propuesta, la importancia de contemplar los riesgos respecto a la seguridad y salud en el trabajo dentro de la actividad económica de la compañía. Lo que permitirá garantizar los propósitos de bienestar a sus empleados, posicionamiento internacional, innovación y compromiso con el desarrollo sostenible, cumpliendo con la normativa legal vigente.The objective of this Proposal is to create Improvement Strategies for the Implementation of the Minimum Standards of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (SG-SST) in the company Ecopetrol SA for the year 2020. The study was carried out by implementing the table of values ​​and qualification of the SG-SST minimum standards set forth in resolution 0312 of 2019 of the Ministry of Labor. The score obtained based on the item rating was favorable for the oil company. Even so, it will allow establishing alternatives for improvement, through a plan that includes activities, areas involved, responsible parties, financial resources and estimated dates in order to face the current situation of the company in terms of OSH. It concludes with the elaboration of the proposal, the importance of considering the risks regarding safety and health at work within the economic activity of the company. This will guarantee the welfare purposes of its employees, international positioning, innovation and commitment to sustainable development, complying with current legal regulations

International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortiu (INICC) report, data summary of 43 countries for 2007-2012. Device-associated module

We report the results of an International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) surveillance study from January 2007-December 2012 in 503 intensive care units (ICUs) in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. During the 6-year study using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) U.S. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definitions for device-associated health care–associated infection (DA-HAI), we collected prospective data from 605,310 patients hospitalized in the INICC's ICUs for an aggregate of 3,338,396 days. Although device utilization in the INICC's ICUs was similar to that reported from ICUs in the U.S. in the CDC's NHSN, rates of device-associated nosocomial infection were higher in the ICUs of the INICC hospitals: the pooled rate of central line–associated bloodstream infection in the INICC's ICUs, 4.9 per 1,000 central line days, is nearly 5-fold higher than the 0.9 per 1,000 central line days reported from comparable U.S. ICUs. The overall rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia was also higher (16.8 vs 1.1 per 1,000 ventilator days) as was the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (5.5 vs 1.3 per 1,000 catheter days). Frequencies of resistance of Pseudomonas isolates to amikacin (42.8% vs 10%) and imipenem (42.4% vs 26.1%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates to ceftazidime (71.2% vs 28.8%) and imipenem (19.6% vs 12.8%) were also higher in the INICC's ICUs compared with the ICUs of the CDC's NHSN