Residuos hospitalarios peligrosos en un centro de alta complejidad

Background: An inadequate management of hospital waste, that have toxic, infectious and chemical wastes, is a risk factor for humans and environment. Aim To identify, quantify and assess the risk associated to the management of hospital residues. Material and methods: A cross sectional assessment of...

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Autores principales: Neveu C,Alejandra, Matus C,Patricia
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2007
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720070007000092007-09-06Residuos hospitalarios peligrosos en un centro de alta complejidadNeveu C,AlejandraMatus C,Patricia Hazardous waste Hospital materials management Medical waste Background: An inadequate management of hospital waste, that have toxic, infectious and chemical wastes, is a risk factor for humans and environment. Aim To identify, quantify and assess the risk associated to the management of hospital residues. Material and methods: A cross sectional assessment of the generation of hazardous waste from a hospital, between June and August 2005, was performed. The environmental risk associated to the management of non-radioactive hospital waste was assessed and the main problems related to solid waste were identified. Results: The rate of generation of hazardous non-radioactive waste was 1.35 tons per months or 0.7 kg/bed/day. Twenty five percent of hazardous liquid waste were drained directly to the sewage system. The drug preparation unit of the pharmacy had the higher environmental risk associated to the generation of hazardous waste. The internal transport of hazardous waste had a high risk due to the lack of trip planning. The lack of training of personnel dealing with these waste was another risk factor. Conclusions: Considering that an adequate management of hospital waste should minimize risks for patients, the hospital that was evaluated lacks an integral management system for its wasteinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.135 n.7 20072007-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007000700009es10.4067/S0034-98872007000700009
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Hazardous waste
Hospital materials management
Medical waste
spellingShingle Hazardous waste
Hospital materials management
Medical waste
Neveu C,Alejandra
Matus C,Patricia
Residuos hospitalarios peligrosos en un centro de alta complejidad
description Background: An inadequate management of hospital waste, that have toxic, infectious and chemical wastes, is a risk factor for humans and environment. Aim To identify, quantify and assess the risk associated to the management of hospital residues. Material and methods: A cross sectional assessment of the generation of hazardous waste from a hospital, between June and August 2005, was performed. The environmental risk associated to the management of non-radioactive hospital waste was assessed and the main problems related to solid waste were identified. Results: The rate of generation of hazardous non-radioactive waste was 1.35 tons per months or 0.7 kg/bed/day. Twenty five percent of hazardous liquid waste were drained directly to the sewage system. The drug preparation unit of the pharmacy had the higher environmental risk associated to the generation of hazardous waste. The internal transport of hazardous waste had a high risk due to the lack of trip planning. The lack of training of personnel dealing with these waste was another risk factor. Conclusions: Considering that an adequate management of hospital waste should minimize risks for patients, the hospital that was evaluated lacks an integral management system for its waste
author Neveu C,Alejandra
Matus C,Patricia
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Matus C,Patricia
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title Residuos hospitalarios peligrosos en un centro de alta complejidad
title_short Residuos hospitalarios peligrosos en un centro de alta complejidad
title_full Residuos hospitalarios peligrosos en un centro de alta complejidad
title_fullStr Residuos hospitalarios peligrosos en un centro de alta complejidad
title_full_unstemmed Residuos hospitalarios peligrosos en un centro de alta complejidad
title_sort residuos hospitalarios peligrosos en un centro de alta complejidad
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2007
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007000700009
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