Background:

the risks involved in the work of health professionals in the exercise of their daily practice demand the incorporation of elements concerning biosafety into their functions.

Objective:

to determine the level of knowledge and the application of biosafety standards in nursing students while facing COVID-19.

Methods:

a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out during the month of October 2020 at the "Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández" Clinical-Surgical Hospital and the "Eliseo Noel Camaño" Pediatric Hospital in Matanzas. Theoretical methods were used: historical-logical and inductive-deductive; and empirical ones: questionnaire and documentary analysis.

Results:

through the implentation of the questionnaire, it was obtained that 100% of the students have adequate knowledge about washing and drying their hands, 83.3% showed adequate knowledge about the use of personal protective equipment, while 100% know the use of the facemask in the care of patients with respiratory infection, in addition it was possible to know that 55.5% always use the means of protection, and 45.5% only use it sometimes.

Conclusions:

the level of knowledge and the application of biosafety standards in nursing students before COVID-19 was mostly adequate, which implies designing training on the subject aimed at those who need it.

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