Análise dos modos e efeitos de falha (fmea): um estudo dos Serviços odontológicos de um posto de saúde em Queimadas – PB

Abstract

The Odontological activity represents risk to environmental and social area requiring an effective Environmental Management, once the waste disposal has the potential to create significant environmental and health impacts. About it the present paper is aimed to study the environmental aspects and impacts caused per odontological activity on the Health Stations through the tool Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The theoretical foundation provides a discussion around environmental issues, corporate environmental management, FMEA and the Odontology Department. The FMEA model proposed per Vandenbrande (1998) was used as theoretical basis. Concerning the Methodology, the research is classified as exploratory and descriptive, using the case study method. Primary and secondary data have been collected, as primary sources were used semi structured interviews and direct observation, and as secondary data had been used: dental services reports, articles and studies about the dental industry. As result, the procedures studied and their different stages presented potential of impacts ranging from very low to very high in respect the intensity of risk. From 29 impacts related in all procedures, 16 of them showed low intensity, 1 with very low intensity, 3 with medium intensity, 5 with high intensity and 4 with very high intensity. Although, most of the environmental impacts end up not occurring in accordance with the actions adopted, the management of the health station under study should be concerned with the impacts that showed high and very high intensity, especially those related to restoration activity.