Planificación del mantenimiento y reglamentación del uso y bioseguridad en los equipos de los laboratorios de Biología Molecular, Genética y Microbiología de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Escuela Superior Politécnica del Chimborazo

Abstract

The development of this work aimed to develop a maintenance plan with its use and biosafety regulations for the equipment of the Molecular Biology, Genetics and Microbiology laboratories of Sciences Faculty of Sciences at Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo. For which, it began by evaluating the current situation of maintenance management through the application of an internal audit, being the starting point for the preparation of the technical inventory based on the WHO guidelines, establishing the necessary characteristics for the format. Subsequently, equipment technical information of the facilities was gathered through technical visits. A criticality analysis proposed by WHO regarding the medical equipment maintenance program was also carried out. Additionally, technical file formats were prepared with their respective information, verifying the components of the equipment and the maintenance activities that will be required for their subsequent programming. The work orders help to show the detail of the resources invested in carrying out the maintenance tasks and when attached with the calculation of costs, it allowed to establish the budget for the laboratory. As a result of the project, it was possible to support the investment of resources and approval of budgets to develop maintenance activities that will be reflected in the increase of institutional indicators. It is concluded that from 26 pieces of equipment, 19% are in critical condition, requiring a greater number of maintenance activities. It is recommended to follow the corresponding processes in an orderly manner so that maintenance planning is efficient, and to execute the audit within the corresponding deadlines to verify compliance with maintenance management and institutional indicators.