Ecoeficiência e economia com a redução dos resíduos infectantes do Hospital Auxiliar de Suzano

Autor:	Anísio de Moura, Aírton Viriato
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Waste sorting Waste generation Agricultural science Health services High productivity Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental impact assessment Business Health sector Incineration
Zdroj:	O Mundo da Saúde. 2011:305-310
ISSN:	1980-3990 0104-7809
DOI:	10.15343/0104-7809.20113305310
Popis:	In health sector, an eco-efficient system is the one that achieves high productivity with good quality levels, provides savingof financial resources and has a decreasing scale of waste generation volume. This paper aimed at reducing the volume of infectiouswaste produced at the Hospital Auxiliar de Suzano; lowering the rate of incinerated waste; lessening the environmental impact effects;enhancing the waste handling and discard conditions in the first-aid and procedure rooms; and diminishing the risk of labor exposureto the products generated by the infectious waste. From June to August 2010, one adopted waste sorting measures to collect the wasteproduced at the hospital, the organic food and the infectious substances, according to the compliances of the Health Service WasteManagement Plan. From adopting these management measures in June 2010, there was a decrease of 40% in the rate of incineratedinfectious waste and then a cost reduction.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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