RESÍDUOS DOS SERVIÇOS DE SAÚDE: DIAGNÓSTICO E RISCOS NO CENTRO DE QUIMIOTERAPIA DO HOSPITAL DE NCIA

Abstract

The production of residue has been a focused concern in many debates during the last few decades. The Health Service Residues - RSS is a problem that other than affecting the environment and the health of the professional, it involves other areas such as the basic water plant and the public health. It is important to characterize and analyze the risks associated in the production chain from origin to final destination of the RSS, based on the new management policies of the residues. The reason of the argument about the RSS views making known to the health establishments, the problem in relation to the RSS, identifying the factors in failures, aggravations and risks in the critic, semi-critic and non-critic areas, so that this place accomplishes the expectations of the legislation, as well as incorporating actions to an ideal life quality of the population, of the health professional, through occupational security and environmental preservation. The methods applied in this research is of descriptive nature, by the collection of information, with observation outlines acquired in the Chemotherapy Center - C.Q of the Reference Hospital of Araguaína -HRA of the district of Araguaína/TO, trying to understand through statistic information the relation that it establishes between RSS and the environmental perception. The results acquired in this research demonstrated that the handling rules of these residues are based on in the resolution normalization RDC 306/2004 and the CONAMA 358/2005, understanding the process of segregation, conditioning, identifying, temporarily storing internal and external transporting, and treating, collecting and final destination. Concluding that there s need for applying to the professionals involved in the process, continuous education so that along with an adequate management of the RSS, there will be constant evaluations and routines of these results, with the goal to preserve the health of the employees, professionals, helpers, population and of the environment, ensuring therefore a better quality of life to all society and of the environment.