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Ferramenta eletrônica para o gerenciamento de explantes ortopédicos em tempo real

Introdução: O descarte do resíduo produzido é um dos grandes problemas mundiais; mensurar o quanto afeta a nossa saúde, a comunidade, o meio ambiente e o ecossistema é um desafio e diversas legislações tentam minimizar os danos causados pelo descarte inadequado e incorreto. O resíduo dos hospita...

Storage and disposal of expired medicines in home pharmacies: emerging public health problems

ABSTRACT Objective To characterize storage and disposal practices associated with expired medicines in home pharmacies of Primary Care users. Methods Cross-sectional study based on data collected from 423 users of 15 Primary Care units located in a Brazilian city, between August 2014 and July 2016. D...

Nursing recommendations for facing dissemination of COVID-19 in Brazilian Nursing Homes

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 73 (supl.2), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: to develop a protocol of recommendations for facing dissemination of COVID-19 in Brazilian Nursing Homes. Method: a study of experts' recommendations using a structured form applied through the Delphi Technique, obtaining 100% agreement among professionals after four rounds of analy...

Zoonosis and veterinary waste disposal in rural practice

Rev. argent. microbiol; 51 (3), 2019
The objectives of this study were to estimate: (a) the frequency of zoonoses in large animal veterinarians from rural areas of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and (b) to describe the use and disposal of personal protective equipment (PPE) and selective veterinary clinical waste. A cross-sectiona...

Health-Care Waste: Knowledge of Primary Care nurses

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the knowledge of nurses on Health-Care Waste Management (HCW) in Family Health Units (FHU) of São Carlos city, São Paulo State. Method: exploratory, descriptive and quantitative approach. The research was carried out with nurses of 16 FHU of the municipality of São Ca...

O reencape de agulhas e descarte de resíduos odontológicos do Grupo E por estudantes de uma universidade pública brasileira
Handling of needles and dental waste disposal of group e by students of a Brazilian public university

Cienc. Trab; 19 (59), 2017
RESUMO A prática da odontologia predispõe o académico a sofrer acidente com material biológico. Objetivou-se neste trabalho verificar a adesão às precauções padrão, em especial a recomendação de não reencapar agu lhas, bem como o descarte de resíduos odontológicos nos recipientes do grupo E...