Limpieza, desinfección y bioseguridad en los centros de tatuado de Tunja

Introduction: tattoos have acquired a boom in society, around both genders and all ages, thus reaching a proliferation of establishments that perform this practice. These factors increase the risks of transmission of infectious diseases, especially if personnel with training and with the appropriate hygienic-sanitary means and conditions do not carry out these techniques. Objective: verify the cleaning, disinfection and biosafety processes used in the tattooed centers of the city of Tunja in 2019. Methods: observational study of descriptive type of cross section, taking 32 tattoo centers with a simple random probabilistic sampling. Univariate analysis of variables was performed; the instrument used was a checklist taken from the WHO Biosafety Manual. The data was processed with the use of the SPSS program version 25. Results: it was reported that there are shortcomings in the infrastructure, as it was found that 65.6% do not have a specific area for the washing of the instruments used during the making of the tattoos. Likewise, the deficiency to the adherence to the biosafety norms was found for the accomplishment of the cleaning in a 9.4%. Conclusions: it was possible to demonstrate that the use of Glutaraldehyde predominates for disinfection. Institutional characteristics were identified, evidencing that tattooed centers lack some specific areas for establishment and proper demarcation. The most widely used disinfectant in the tattooed centers is glutaraldehyde, this being a high level disinfectant, guaranteeing the quality of the process applied to the instruments intended for tattooing. Introducción: los tatuajes han adquirido un auge dentro de la sociedad, alrededor de ambos géneros y de todas las edades, llegando así, a una proliferación de los establecimientos que realizan esta práctica. Estos factores incrementan los riesgos de transmisión de enfermedades infecciosas, especialmente si dichas técnicas no son llevadas a cabo por personal con la formación y con los medios y condiciones higiénico-sanitarias adecuadas. Objetivo: verificar los procesos de limpieza, desinfección y bioseguridad utilizados en los centros de tatuado de la ciudad de Tunja en el año 2019. Métodos: estudio observacional de tipo descriptivo de corte transversal, tomando 32 centros de tatuado con un muestreo probabilístico aleatorio simple. El instrumento utilizado fue una lista de chequeo tomada del Manual de Bioseguridad de la OMS. Los datos fueron procesados con el uso del pro