Planejamento ambiental de resíduos sólidos em centro de saúde e comunidade de Palmas – Tocantins

Abstract

The health care waste requires appropriate procedures respect the guidelines of the legislation regarding its management. As a result, the proper management of solid health care waste (SHW) is a challenge for public health care managers and of great relevance concerning the reduction of health care waste production, occupational accidents, human health risks and environmental impacts. The objective of this study was to contribute to the suitable management of solid healthcare waste in a community health care center (CHCC) of Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil, in order to ensure sustainable development, preservation of community health and health education of professionals from this center. The methodology used was a descriptive intervention study. At the beginning of the research, found that the waste was not functioning properly at the different stages of the process: segregation, packaging, identification, collection, storage, transportation and final disposal. Only 35% of the items were in compliance with the legislation, this number was raised to 95% at the solid health care waste management plan implementation. The instrument cleaning and washing standard operational procedures were implemented at the CHCC with the participation of 48 from 55 employees. Based on the results, we concluded that the fragility in the sanitary waste management process occurred due to the lack of knowledge of the norms and laws, as well as the lack of qualification of the professionals involved in the process.