Gestão de resíduos de serviços de saúde em laboratórios e clínicas: caso da Universidade Federal da Paraíba - Campus I.

Abstract

The increasing production of solid waste in the world, especially waste from health services, brings the need of an efficient management for this kind of waste to avoid damage to human health and environment. The RCD ANVISA n˚306/2004 gives to the generator of health services waste the responsibility of the management. Thus, the goal of this paper is to analyse the management of health services waste in laboratories and clinics of the Federal University of Paraiba. This research is characterized as study of case, descriptive and bibliographic. The data were collected through interviews of person in charge and workers of the laboratories and clinics, and by volume estimative of health services waste generated. The results showed that there is not a Health Service Waste Management Plan so, the management procedures of health service waste are not in agreement by the law. In addition, most of the workers has instructions to deal with the waste. The kind of waste generate are : A, B, D and E.