Health service waste management: evaluation of an Intensive Therapy Center

avaliação de um Centro de Terapia Intensiva

Authors

  • Maria Verônica Guilherme Ferrareze USP, FMRP , HC
  • Denise de Andrade USP, EERP , Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada
  • Magda Fabbri Isaac Silva Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá
  • Lucidio de Sousa Santos UNESP de Bauru, Departamento de Química
  • Viviane Ferreira USP, FMRP , HC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/2316-9389.2005.v9.50837

Keywords:

Medical Waste, Hospital infection, Biosafety

Abstract

Nowadays, one of the main worries on a global scale is the continuous production of solid waste, especially considering environmental and public health risks. This is a descriptive study to evaluate waste management at an intensive therapy center of a general school hospital. Non-participant observation was used. Waste was classified as Group A (infectious), B (chemical) and D (common). Important aspects appeared as difficulties to implement adequate health service waste management, pointing towards the need to include in-service and permanent education training activities.

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Published

2005-06-01

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2005)

Section

Research

License

Copyright (c) 2005 Reme: Revista Mineira de Enfermagem

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

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Health service waste management: evaluation of an Intensive Therapy Center: avaliação de um Centro de Terapia Intensiva. REME Rev Min Enferm. [Internet]. 2005 Jun. 1 [cited 2026 Apr. 5];9(2). Available from: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50837

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