Diseño de un programa de vigilancia epidemiológica para la prevención de las alteraciones visuales en los trabajadores de la IPS Centro Terapéutico Salud Ocupacional para el año 2022.

Abstract

The design of the epidemiological surveillance program for the prevention of visual disturbances in the workers of the IPS Occupational Health Therapeutic Center for the year 2022, has as objectives the identification of risks and dangers, assessing workers through an optometric examination , verify the luxometry study and as a final result the documentation of the surveillance program which contains the appropriate mechanisms for the control of the relevant risks evidenced. For the fulfillment of the objectives of I apply a type of mixed investigation with an intentional probabilistic sampling. Thanks to the design of the IPVR matrix for the IPS Occupational Health Therapeutic Center, 2 medium risk hazards with improvable acceptability were identified given the (use of the computer) as a control methodology, training on visual health is provided, which is essential to preserve visual acuity from the workers. As results it was possible to determine that 75% of the total workers under investigation have some ametropia. When verifying the lighting study, 74%, that is, 17 points were at the Low Not Recommended level. Therefore, it is recommended that the IPS Centro Terapéutico comply with the SG-SST and the application of the epidemiological surveillance program for the prevention of visual disturbances; which seeks through management indicators to achieve prevention and visual conservation of workers.