DIALYSIS SERVICES’ INFECTED WASTE: A DISCUSSION ABOUT ITS MANAGEMENT

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Professionals of the dialysis services face risky situations since from the accomplishment of the pratical procedures to the management of the different kinds of waste generated in these services. Accidents with needlestick materials represent one of the biggest risks for workers of the health. The objective was to characterize the management of infected waste in the dialysis services in Goiânia - GO. This is a descriptive study, with data collected in 2004, march, by check list elaborated accordancing to RDC 33/ 03/ANVISA, previously validated, with ethical and legal aspects observed and legal allowance of the eleven services. It was clearly shown that the discharging of needlestick materials is done specific by four units of service; seven services improvise the container, using bottles of dialysis solution, in order to deischarge the materials. In eight services milky white bags were used to discharge the dialysers. The segregation of the needlestick material waste does happen next to the generating source in the majority of the units (91%). The majority of the units didn’t have dustbin for infected waste with covers in motion for pedal. The internal transport is made manually in 82% of the services. This study concluded that in the majority of the researched services, the management of the waste does not follow the biosecurity rules, increasing the collective biological risk. KEYWORDS: Medical Waste; Hospital Hemodialysis Units; Enviroment.