Plano de gerenciamneto de resíduos de serviços de saúde : uma questão de biossegurança em hospital para atendimento médico de grande complexidade

Abstract

The present work aims to identify the main difficulties for putting into practice a Management Plan for Health Service Wastes in a major Brazilian Navy hospital that performs medical attendance of great complexity, as well as to propose solutions for overcoming those difficulties. Health services wastes are an important potential source of risk for local communities and for the society as a whole, plans for properly handling those wastes were turned into a legal requirement for all health service unities in Brazil. According to biosafety principles, a plan such as this shall address the required actions for the proper handling of these materials in order to assure accidents prevention and consequent exposure to sanctions, the health protection of the population and the environment preservation. The method used for the research was a literature survey and bibliographical data selection, followed by analytical reading and synthetic critique. Finally, after discussing the mentioned management plan, recommendations are suggested. Those recommendations are also applicable to the other hospitals of the Brazilian Navy Health Service