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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
