Reprocessamento de produtos para a saúde em um hospital estadual de alta complexidade de Palmas-Tocantins

Abstract

Introduction: The Center for Maternity and Sterilization (CME) is responsible for providing all health care and diagnostic services for properly reprocessed health products, ensuring the quantity and quality required for safe care. Objective: To know the conditions of reprocessing the products for health in a Material and Sterilization Center of a public hospital in the State of Tocantins. Methods: An observational, descriptive study performed in a CME of a health care establishment, through direct observation in loco, from a script divided into three categories: physical structure, human resources and organizational conditions. Results and Discussion: The site studied presented partially adequate general technical conditions. The compliance measures for the categories physical structure, human resources and organizational conditions were: 50%, 75% and 50%, respectively. The CME proved adequate only in relation to human resources, the other categories showed partial adequacy. The inadequacies point to basic questions regarding the safety of reprocessing of health products, evidenced in the absence of quality control of sterilization, which may result in high rates of health care related infections. Conclusion: It was observed the disrespect to the laws in force at the place under investigation, which could lead to risks to safety and quality of the process, requiring structural and organizational adaptations.