RESÃDUOS HOSPITALARES: RISCOS À SAÚDE PÚBLICA E AO AMBIENTE

Abstract

This research aimed to know the perception about the risks related to the handling of medical waste of administrators, managers and the person responsible for service of higyene and cleanliness in a hospital of high complexity, in the city of Ribeirão Preto – São Paulo, Brazil. The data collection was realised by interwies with the administrator, manager of medical waste and the person responsible for service of cleanliness. For the administrator the inadequated handling of the medical waste offers risks for both employees and for environmental. According the manager, the inadequate handling offers risks for both to the patients and envinronmental; for the person responsible by service of cleanliness there are risks only to the employees. Thus, verified the need of capacity of managers and employees about the handling of medical wastes, emphasizing that the inadequate handling these waste generate risks to the public health and environmental. Index Terms - medical waste; public health, environmental health.