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Published on: December 11, 2016
Evaluation of environmentally sustainable actions in the medication process
Patrícia de Oliveira Furukawa1, Isabel Cristina Kowal Olm Cunha1, Mavilde da Luz Gonçalves Pedreira1
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Objective:
to analyze sustainable actions from an environmental point of view in the medication process, from the reception of the prescription of the pharmacy to waste discard by nursing.
Method:
study before and after performed through Lean Six Sigma methodology. The sample consisted of the amount and type of waste resulting from the pharmacy and nursing services of a medical-surgical clinical unit.
Results:
after the intervention was obtained at the pharmacy a reduction of 74.8% of chemical, infectious and sharps waste, an increase of 33.3% of common recyclable and 20% of common non-recyclable. In nursing, there was a reduction of 22.5% of chemical, infectious and sharps waste, an increase of 22.9% of common recyclable and an increase of 20% of common non-recyclable.
Conclusion:
the practice of sustainable actions in the hospital is possible, contributing to the optimization of resources and waste production with benefits to the institution, environment, and health.
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