Análise do Manejo dos Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde: Um Estudo de Caso em um Hospital Universitário de Manaus/AM

Abstract

It is dissertation aims to analyze the current process of management and treatment of health service residues of the Hospital University Getúlio Vargas (HUGV). For this, the following specific objectives were traced: identify the current generation and segregation locations of Health Service Waste (RSS) generated; analize the proceed of segregation, packaging and treatment currently carried out in RSS; and relate the current RSS management with hospital cost for the treatment and final disposition. For better deepening in the research object, it was based on expert in studies on the environment, health service waste, supporting mainly in: Gomes (et al, 2015), Oliveira (et al, 2018) and Ventura (et al, 2012). For this work, to examine the process of waste management and expose the possible environments, it was necessary to discuss the legislation in force, such as: Law 6.938/81, which deals with the National Environmental Policy, Resolution 222/20118, which updates the management of health waste, a new Revision of 306/2004; Law 12.305/2010 establishing the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS). The research, this is a case study of quantitative/ qualitative, exploratory descriptive, on the HUGV Waste Management Plan. In data collection, the following instruments were used: the interview and observation. The information was collected through the Observational Route of the Current Flow and the construction of the script based in the RDC 222/2018. Consistently, the results obtained show that the hospital cost with waste treatment is directly related to the management of RSS. With this, it was concluded that the management process in the hospital is not fully in accordance with current legislation, and that this nonconformity has as a consequence the high cost for the final treatment and destination of PGRSS, the hospital. The research makes a relevant contribution to HUGV, with suggestions for proposals for improvements in the management work of RSS.