Banca de DEFESA: AYRÃ NEVES DE ASSUNÇÃO

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : AYRÃ NEVES DE ASSUNÇÃO
DATE: 06/12/2023
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: virtual
TITLE:

Health service waste management assessment instrument

KEY WORDS:

Waste from healthcare services. Waste management. Assessment instrument.

PAGES: 173
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUBÁREA: Epidemiologia
SUMMARY:

Introduction: Good practices in healthcare waste management are essential for preserving public health, workers, and the environment. In the Brazilian context, specific regulations play a fundamental role in guiding the safe management of solid waste. From this perspective, the use of structured instruments to evaluate the compliance of healthcare waste management with these regulations are significant management initiatives in the search for safety and sustainability. Objective: To propose a structured instrument to evaluate health service waste management based on current regulations in Brazil. Materials and methods: A previous survey of the literature on the subject was carried out; conducted documentary search to verify the legal and regulatory framework in force in the country regarding waste from healthcare services with the compilation of laws, decrees, resolutions and standards relevant to the subject; a scope review was carried out according to the Joanna Briggs Institute - JBI methodology (2020 version) to map national empirical studies that proposed to evaluate the Management of waste from health services, with an analysis of the methodological strategies and evaluation instruments used by these initiatives; then the constituent aspects and final organization of the instrument were defined. Results: an instrument was proposed to evaluate health service waste management consisting of two sessions: a semi-structured Interview Guide to be conducted by an interviewer to collect information on health service waste management, and an Observation Guide Field test to verify the structural and operational compliance of the management of waste from healthcare services to be implemented during a visit to the healthcare establishment. Conclusion: The proposed assessment instrument is versatile and applicable, offering support to healthcare institutions by certifying safe practices in compliance with legal requirements. This initiative is fundamental to improving the management of waste from healthcare services, contributing to the promotion of public health, worker safety, environmental sustainability and efficiency in healthcare services

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interna - ***.069.185-** - RITA DE CASSIA FRANCO REGO - UFBA
Interna - ***.399.775-** - ILA ROCHA FALCÃO - UFBA
Externa à Instituição - LIDIANE MENDES KRUSCHEWSKY LORDELO - UFRB