Waste management by a hemodialysis service in Bahia

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Isleide Carmen Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Mattos, Glauber Rocha de, Braúna, Iraciara Lopes, Pinheiro, Juliana dos Santos, Souza, Leonita Siqueira Nunes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/4052
• topic: Gerenciamento de risco; Diálise; Educação em saúde; Resíduos de serviços de saúde; Risk management; Dialysis; Health education; Gestión de riesgos; Diálisis; Educación en salud

Health Services Waste - RSS can become a serious problem due to risks to human health, the environment, workers and users. Sanitary Surveillance is the regulatory body that must guide, supervise and control the handling of these RSS. In hemodialysis services, professionals are exposed to risks generated by different situations, from direct procedures with the patient to reprocessing dialyzers and handling waste. This is an experience report, where the results of a sanitary inspection in a hemodialysis service in a city in the interior of Bahia are presented, regarding the Management of Health Services Waste - GRSS. This study aims to describe the actions related to the management of RSS in the context of a Hemodialysis Clinic, covering aspects related to the protection of public health and occupational safety of personnel. To this end, we sought to detect risks in relation to individual and collective health and the environment, and to highlight the importance of Permanent Education in Health focused on GRSS. It was verified that the Health Services Waste Management Plan is incomplete and does not have proof of qualification and training of employees and that the segregation and storage was not adequate. It was evident that it is necessary to invest in the process of permanent education, in order to equip professionals with a critical view to deal with the different situations of hemodialysis services, mainly GRSS, avoiding compromising the quality of the service, and exposing professionals and patients to risks.