Management of solid waste generated in laboratory analyses in the city of Ribeirão Preto - SP, 2007: a case study / Gerenciamento de resíduos sólidos gerados em laboratório de análises clínicas na cidade de Ribeirão Preto - SP, 2007: um estudo de caso

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

World population has been growth disorderly; increasing industrialization; excessive consumerism, and, consequently, increasing the waste generation as well as the negative impacts on the environment and human health. In this context, the environmental problematic includes the production of hazardous waste and, among these, the waste of health services - RSS. Owing to it´s hazardous characterization, several recommendations, rules and laws came under world, to find a better system for its management and final destination. In Brazil, currently in force, the rules of RDC No 306/04 of Anvisa and of the Resolution No 358/05 of Conama, give guidelines for the preparation of a plan for managing waste of health services - PGRSS. However, such laws treat RSS more generally, not specifically addressing the situation of the waste generated in the laboratory of pathology and clinical analyses. This study aimed to diagnose the situation on the waste management generated in laboratory analyses of the private network, the municipality of Ribeirao Preto - SP, over the current brazilian legislation on RSS. This is a case study approach to qualiquantitative. Data collection was performed by means of two interviews, a systematic observation, and also for characterization of the waste generated in the service selected for the study. For interviews and systematic observation could see that the laboratory did not have a system of management entirely in accordance with the current brazilian legislation, in particular with regard to the preparation of PGRSS, the determination of a manager of waste and segregation, identification and packaging of RSS. The characterization of 173.98 kilograms of total waste generated in 15 days, a period of four weeks, the laboratory revealed the production of the five groups of waste (A, B, C, D and E), according to the current legislation, and 92.88 kg of waste common (53.40%) and 81.10 kilograms (46.60%) of waste segregated as RSS. The average daily production of waste common, 15 days of the four weeks of study, was 6.19 kg / day of waste common and 5.41 kg / day of RSS. The types of waste most frequently found were: the plastic, which accounted for 31.22% of the average daily segregated as RSS, followed by needlesticks, which accounted for 30.0% of the average daily segregated as RSS. The sectors with greater production of RSS were those of Sterilization (35.43%), followed by sectors of Collection of Material (21.20%) and Microbiology (20.61%). For the study concluded the need to adjust the laboratory researching the current laws, emphasizing the immediate deployment of a PGRSS and a Waste Manager, in addition to a program of continuing education in service. In conclusion, we also emphasize the importance of the role of services to animal health and environmental agencies, to help create greater awareness of the RSS, in particular the health services of small, including the clinical laboratory analyses.

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plano de gerenciamento de resíduos de serviços de saúde resíduos de serviços de saúde laboratório de análises clínicas plan for waste management of health services waste of clinical laboratory analyses waste of health services laboratory analyses resíduos de laboratórios de análises clínicas

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