Use of performance indicators to assess the solid waste management of health services

Assis, Mayara C; Gomes, Vanielle Aparecida Patrocinio; Balista, Wagner Cezario; Freitas, Rodrigo Randow de

doi:10.1590/0001-3765201720170178

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“…Moreover, another significant topic for the HCWM, which is similar to this research, is the assessment of waste management in health facilities using performance indicators. The works of Ventura et al (2010), Assis et al (2017) and Aung et al (2019) addressed this topic and most of their results were validated in this work. Employee training is a problem, particularly for waste management, proving to be a factor of concern not only in Brazilian hospitals but also in foreign ones.…”

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Healthcare waste management assessment: Challenges for hospitals in COVID-19 pandemic times

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Lima

2021

Waste Manag Res

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With the spread of the new Coronavirus, there was an increase in the generation of contaminated waste. Thus, healthcare waste management (HCWM) became even a greater challenge in hospitals due to Coronavirus easily spread. In this context, it was necessary to create tools that could aid healthcare facilities in evaluating their HCWM. Therefore, the objective of this article was to elaborate a support tool that helps in identifying the shortcomings of hospitals’ HCWM. For this purpose, the Health Service Waste Management Index was developed based on the selection of indicators in the area. The index was applied to six hospitals in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its application meet the purpose of this research, since the results in the form of an index objectively summarize the reality of the HCWM in healthcare facilities. From the six hospitals investigated, four were classified as highly efficient. However, even though most of them were well evaluated, they still have difficulties with properly training their employees, which can be even a worse problem during a pandemic, when every precaution is extremely important to reduce the spread of the disease. Therefore, beyond this article contribution related to sustainability by demanding the hospitals to check which points of HCWM should be improved, it also adds academically by developing a tool with indicators that evaluate operational, human, economic and environmental factors in an innovative way.

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Healthcare waste management assessment: Challenges for hospitals in COVID-19 pandemic times

Hugo

Lima

2021

Waste Manag Res

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“…The strategic plan developed from the SWOT analysis made it possible to evaluate each sphere involved in the organization of work in the service and in its context. In a study (13) on solid waste management, conducted in a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, this method of analysis also contributed to the understanding of the problem.…”

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“…The SWOT analysis (which stands for strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) is a tool that provides support for management and planning of organizations (10) and which is used in research in the area of health (11)(12)(13) .…”

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“…Seeing that the factors that hinder the work process outnumbered those that favor it, it is essential to adopt an action plan that enhances the strengths of the HCS, so that they favor the work and overshadow the harmful factors. In the SWOT analysis, the factors were divided into the categories strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, allowing reflection and enabling the elaboration of the action plan, based on the intersection of the information, as in studies using the same methodology (10)(11)(12)(13) .…”

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Organizational flow chart of home care for children with special health care needs

2020

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Objective: To develop a workflow protocol for Home Care (HC) services in the HC2 modality for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the state of Parana. Method: Quantitative, descriptive, exploratory, multiple case studies. Data was collected with professionals from the eight home care services in Parana. Data were analyzed using the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) methodology, from which a 5W2H method of action plan was developed, resulting in a flow chart. Results: Considering the strategies found in Home Care services, such as planned hospital discharge, caregiver training, organized transportation and singular therapeutic project, a flow organization protocol for children with special health care needs in Home Care services was developed. Conclusion: The protocol developed makes it possible to organize the care provided to children with special health care needs in home care.

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“…Developed worlds like Europe [12] and America [13] have extensively studied [14] and adopted efficient systems [14], [15] of managing wastes whilst the story remains different in Africa [10], [16]- [19]. The proper collection of the wastes promotes a cleaner environment, low cost of recycling and healthy employees [20], [21].…”

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Determinants of an Effective Solid Wastes Collection at the Workplace: the Experience of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana

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The inefficient collection of solid wastes is a global phenomenon that has received attention in recent years for the ever-increasing annual waste generation records. However, indicators to the effective application of the amassing routs are missing. Hence, the generally accepted source-sorting model was explored to identify the determinants that will enhance source separation of wastes at the workplace. This paper presents a foremost report on the indicators to an effective operation of solid wastes source segregation. A quantitatively examined data was collected in sixty-six working days during a monitoring and evaluation process of twenty sets of twin-dustbins that were located at the study area. The generated solid wastes were commonly sorted (65%) in comparison with the mixed collection. Most of the wastes were separated on the third month (80%) of education compared to the first (54%) and second months (61%). Wednesday displayed the working day with the utmost sorted wastes (73%) compared to the other days. All dustbins recorded impressive sorting at the different locations in the Institute. A little over one thousand Ghana cedis savings was made in the first year. Tested null hypothesis showed that, duration and timing of continuous education were significant determinants of the efficient source segregation, relative to the dustbin locations. Therefore, the daily education of waste generators on how to separate wastes at source and the economic benefits will enhance source separation irrespective of the location.

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Use of performance indicators to assess the solid waste management of health services

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Healthcare waste management assessment: Challenges for hospitals in COVID-19 pandemic times

Healthcare waste management assessment: Challenges for hospitals in COVID-19 pandemic times

Organizational flow chart of home care for children with special health care needs

Determinants of an Effective Solid Wastes Collection at the Workplace: the Experience of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana

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