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

2011; Volume: 2011; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15343/0104-7809.20113305310

1980-3990

Aírton Viriato, Anísio Moura,

Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management

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.