Avaliação do gerenciamento de resíduos de serviço de saúde do hospital da Universidade Católica de Brasília

Abstract

The Hospital of the Catholic University of Brasilia (HUCB) has been diversifying its activities and increasing the public attended. Because of that, the quantity and the diversity of the residues have been increasing too. A Health Service Residues Management Plan, elaborated in 2004, is in implantation. Therefore, this document consist in an evaluation of the current situation of the hospital Health Residues Management according to the ANVISA Resolution RDC n.º 306/2004. A check-list, based on the Resolution, was formulated to diagnose the hospital, where 36 non conformities were verified among 132 total items. Based on this evaluation, three urgent recommendations were proposed to insure that the Health Residues Management of the Hospital of the Catholic University of Brasilia is in accordance with the law.