Estudo do manejo de resíduos hospitalares do município de Jericó - PB.

Abstract

Waste from health when managed improperly negatively impact the environment, because of their chemical, physical and pathogenic characteristics, causing health risks and environmental degradation. Based on current legislation, we analyzed the process of waste management of health services (RSS). Taking into account the current ecological problems and the search for methods to mitigate impacts and environmental degradation, this paper presents a study in a hospital clinic in the city of Jericho - PB. Aims to study the solid waste management of the public health unit focusing on the steps of collection, internal transport and storage. Two questionnaires with questions related to the handling of these products, knowledge of rules of segregation and the main existing waste in health facilities, were subsequently applied to a sample of hospital employees in the study were drawn. In the results, the management procedures were presented to the previous step to the external transport. The external transport to final disposal were not evaluated in this study. It was concluded that the handling and treatment of such waste should be treated more cautiously to avoid possible contamination.