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Medical wastes management: aspects of internal handling in the city of Marituba, Pará State, Brazil

Carla Cristina de Lima Sales 1
Gracieli Pâmela Spolti 2
Maria do Socorro Bezerra Lopes 2
David Franco Lopes 3

1
Instituto Federal de
Educação, Ciência e
Tecnologia do Pará. Av.
Almirante Barroso 1155,
Marco. 66093-020 Belém
PA. [e-mail]
2
Faculdade de Medicina,
Universidade Federal do
Pará.
3
Grupo de Estudos em
Gerenciamento de Águas e
Reuso de Efluentes,
Departamento de Hidráulica e Saneamento, Universidade
Federal do Pará.

Abstract Medical wastes offer a potential risk to public health and the environment before an inadequate management. This study aims to verify aspects of internal handling of medical wastes in the city of Marituba, Pará State. By means of questionnaires and field visits, a descriptive and observational study was performed in 13 health establishments in the city. The total volume of generated medical wastes was about 13,000kg/ week. There were deficiencies in many stages of the internal handling, for example the internal treatment that was performed in only one of the establishments, external storage made in 4 establishments and in precarious ways, among many others. Also, there were conformities as packing in adequate bags and containers as well as common waste separation. In general way, the federal norms were not accomplished and management of medical wastes in health establishments needs adequacy in every stage of the handling in order to control and reduce risks, decreasing the quantity of residues.
Key words Internal handling, Medical wastes,
Management, Residues

Resumo Os resíduos sólidos dos serviços de saúde
(RSSS) oferecem risco potencial para saúde pública e meio ambiente perante um gerenciamento inadequado. Objetivou-se verificar aspectos do manejo interno dos RSSS do município paraense de Marituba. Através da aplicação de questionários e visitas de campo,