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Health-Care Waste: Knowledge of Primary Care nurses
Ana Paula Mhirdaui Sanches1, Karen Sayuri Mekaro1, Rosely Moralez de Figueiredo1
1Universidade Federal de São Carlos. São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
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 Carlos-SP. Data were collected through an interview using a tool validated and analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results:
it is noteworthy that 68.7% (11) of the nurses did not know how to describe how chemical waste was sorted. In addition, regarding the treatment of HCW, 50.0% (8) of the nurses did not know if the general waste were subjected to some type of treatment.
Conclusion:
the HCW management can be considered a challenge in the nurses' agenda inserted in the Primary Care services, which refers to the need to implement periodic training on the management of this waste.
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