WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH INSTITUTIONS : ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT A TEACHING HOSPITAL
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https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v12i2.6803Keywords:
Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde, Capacitação em serviço, Saúde Ambiental, Hospital Waste, Inservice Training, Environmental Health, Residuos de Hospitales, Capacitación en servicio, Salud ambientalAbstract
Waste management in health institutions raises the interest of professionals in the area because of the repercussions thatthey cause in the environment and population’s as well as workers’ health. This fact led to the elaboration of laws which regulate theissue and the implementation of programs aiming at the correct waste handling. However, only these laws are not enough for institutionsor professionals to carry out waste management. It is necessary the development of professionals’ education so that they realize therelevance of the subject. The study had as general objective to evaluate the impact of the in-service training in handling health waste.Thus, trained and not trained caregivers were compared. The results showed that there weren’t strong differences between the groups,due to several factors. In spite of that, it is believed that in-service education is extremely important to change citizens’ behavior.
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