Gerenciamento de resíduos de serviço de saúde: uma análise da educação ambiental em uma unidade hospitalar de Santa Maria, RS

Abstract

The lack of knowledge and information on the correct management of waste causes them to be ignored or discarded in a circunstantial manner, disregarding the aggregated social, economic and ecological values. Healthcare Waste are important due to the potencial risk that they represent and, therefore, environmental education in the hospital, combined with correct management, can motivates more responsible reflections and actions in public health care and the environment. Thus, the objective aim of this study was to understand the possibilities and limitations of the environmental education program in a hospital of Santa Maria, RS. Through an exploratory and descriptive study between march 2019 and february 2020, the research was developed encompassing the main information about procedures and qualitative data survey of the environmental education program proposed in the studied hospital unit, in addition to its functionality and applicability. In the PGRSS assessment, waste management is clearly described and in accordance with the legislation, however, the training is treated in a punctual and superficial way, reproducing the national rule RDC ANVISA 222/18 in a summarized way. Therefore, suggestions were made in order to obtain improvements in the institution's environmental education processes. The program is in compliance with the legislation and in accordance with the reality of the hospital, however, through the proposed actions it will be possible to arouse the interest of professionals about their environmental practices in their work routine, developing skills and responsibilities, aimed at preserving and promoting human health through environmental and occupational health.