Hospital waste : can we reduce the environmental impact of a large university hospital?
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Resumo: | Introduction: As technology advances, society must reflect on the destination of materials which are no longer needed. Hospital waste requires special attention due to the associated risk of disease transmission and biological accidents. Also, it tends to increase proportionally to the economic development and is associated with increased use of disposable material. The purpose of this study is to analyze the management of hospital waste at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) and to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of the measures adopted by the institution to mitigate the impact of its waste on the environment. Methods: Observational study with field research. Hospital waste management is divided into generation, disposal, storage and final destination. Results: Between 2010 and 2015, the HCPA produced 21.4 tons of biological and sharps waste, 23,000 liters of chemical waste and 113,9 tons of solid waste per month. The main improvements include the implementation of a inspection of the hospital’s waste bins every 2 months, a reduction from 29.42% to 2.79% in the rate of inappropriate disposal of hazardous waste, a 313% increase in investments in staff training, the expansion and adaptation of external areas for temporary storage of hospital waste and the collection of more than 1 ton of waste generated by the local community (sharps, X-ray films, kitchen oil, batteries), as well as the establishment of contracts which will guarantee the appropriate treatment of all types of health care waste. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that mitigating the impact of hospital waste on the environment is possible and should encourage the adoption of similar measures at other institutions. |
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Martini, MuriloFonseca, Rodrigo Chiavaro daSeveriano, Letícia VoigtGarbin, Henrique IahnkeRosa, Tainá Flôres daKluck, Mariza Machado2018-03-13T02:26:03Z20172357-9730http://hdl.handle.net/10183/173290001056612Introduction: As technology advances, society must reflect on the destination of materials which are no longer needed. Hospital waste requires special attention due to the associated risk of disease transmission and biological accidents. Also, it tends to increase proportionally to the economic development and is associated with increased use of disposable material. The purpose of this study is to analyze the management of hospital waste at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) and to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of the measures adopted by the institution to mitigate the impact of its waste on the environment. Methods: Observational study with field research. Hospital waste management is divided into generation, disposal, storage and final destination. Results: Between 2010 and 2015, the HCPA produced 21.4 tons of biological and sharps waste, 23,000 liters of chemical waste and 113,9 tons of solid waste per month. The main improvements include the implementation of a inspection of the hospital’s waste bins every 2 months, a reduction from 29.42% to 2.79% in the rate of inappropriate disposal of hazardous waste, a 313% increase in investments in staff training, the expansion and adaptation of external areas for temporary storage of hospital waste and the collection of more than 1 ton of waste generated by the local community (sharps, X-ray films, kitchen oil, batteries), as well as the establishment of contracts which will guarantee the appropriate treatment of all types of health care waste. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that mitigating the impact of hospital waste on the environment is possible and should encourage the adoption of similar measures at other institutions.application/pdfengClinical and biomedical research. Porto Alegre. Vol. 37, n. 4 (2017), p. 288-294Administração hospitalarGestão ambientalResíduos de serviços de saúdeHealth care quality managementEnvironmental managementHospital administrationMedical wasteHospital waste : can we reduce the environmental impact of a large university hospital?info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/otherinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRGSinstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSORIGINAL001056612.pdf001056612.pdfTexto completo (inglês)application/pdf1357707http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/173290/1/001056612.pdf86b60676651493c0cee68427d45ebf34MD51TEXT001056612.pdf.txt001056612.pdf.txtExtracted Texttext/plain28982http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/173290/2/001056612.pdf.txt2bd50c727155ad9bf9e4b4774dea8b90MD5210183/1732902023-11-23 04:35:33.810307oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/173290Repositório de PublicaçõesPUBhttps://lume.ufrgs.br/oai/requestopendoar:2023-11-23T06:35:33Repositório Institucional da UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false |
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Hospital waste : can we reduce the environmental impact of a large university hospital? |
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Hospital waste : can we reduce the environmental impact of a large university hospital? |
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Hospital waste : can we reduce the environmental impact of a large university hospital? |
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Hospital waste : can we reduce the environmental impact of a large university hospital? |
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Hospital waste : can we reduce the environmental impact of a large university hospital? |
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Martini, Murilo |
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Martini, Murilo Fonseca, Rodrigo Chiavaro da Severiano, Letícia Voigt Garbin, Henrique Iahnke Rosa, Tainá Flôres da Kluck, Mariza Machado |
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Fonseca, Rodrigo Chiavaro da Severiano, Letícia Voigt Garbin, Henrique Iahnke Rosa, Tainá Flôres da Kluck, Mariza Machado |
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Martini, Murilo Fonseca, Rodrigo Chiavaro da Severiano, Letícia Voigt Garbin, Henrique Iahnke Rosa, Tainá Flôres da Kluck, Mariza Machado |
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Administração hospitalar Gestão ambiental Resíduos de serviços de saúde |
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Administração hospitalar Gestão ambiental Resíduos de serviços de saúde Health care quality management Environmental management Hospital administration Medical waste |
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Health care quality management Environmental management Hospital administration Medical waste |
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Introduction: As technology advances, society must reflect on the destination of materials which are no longer needed. Hospital waste requires special attention due to the associated risk of disease transmission and biological accidents. Also, it tends to increase proportionally to the economic development and is associated with increased use of disposable material. The purpose of this study is to analyze the management of hospital waste at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) and to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of the measures adopted by the institution to mitigate the impact of its waste on the environment. Methods: Observational study with field research. Hospital waste management is divided into generation, disposal, storage and final destination. Results: Between 2010 and 2015, the HCPA produced 21.4 tons of biological and sharps waste, 23,000 liters of chemical waste and 113,9 tons of solid waste per month. The main improvements include the implementation of a inspection of the hospital’s waste bins every 2 months, a reduction from 29.42% to 2.79% in the rate of inappropriate disposal of hazardous waste, a 313% increase in investments in staff training, the expansion and adaptation of external areas for temporary storage of hospital waste and the collection of more than 1 ton of waste generated by the local community (sharps, X-ray films, kitchen oil, batteries), as well as the establishment of contracts which will guarantee the appropriate treatment of all types of health care waste. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that mitigating the impact of hospital waste on the environment is possible and should encourage the adoption of similar measures at other institutions. |
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