Resumo
Quando gerenciados de forma inadequada, os resíduos provenientes de serviços de saúde impactam negativamente o ambiente, causando riscos à saúde pública e degradação ambiental, devido suas características físicas, químicas e patogênicas. Com base na legislação vigente, analisou-se o processo de gestão dos resíduos de serviços de saúde (RSS) em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde (UBS) vinculada a uma Instituição de Ensino Superior (IES), visando fornecer ferramentas técnicas para proposição de um Plano de Gerenciamento de Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde (PGRSS
Abstract
When not properly managed, residues from healthcare services negatively affect the environment, inducing risks to public health and environmental degradation, due to its physical, chemical and pathogenic characteristics. Based on current legislation, the management process of residues from health services (RHS) in a Basic Health Unit (BHU) linked to an Institution of College Education was analyzed, in order to provide tools to propose a Management Plan of Residues from Health Services (MPRHS).As it was a qualitative research, the instrument used to collect the data was the participant observation, seeking to show the reality as it is perceived and, mainly, clarify the non-compliances observed during the management stages of RHS (segregation, packaging, internal collection, transport, storage and external collection). Therefore, it was used the methodology established by , which is based on an order of priorities distributed through an organization of work steps. At the end of this study, it was possible to determine irregularities in BHU regarding to the management of RHS. In this perspective, it is recommended elaboration, implementation and monitoring of a MPRHS, based on the resolution recommended by the current legislation.