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- Title
Analysis of the medical waste production rate in a teaching hospital.
- Authors
Dias, Gisele Loise; Sarturi, Fernanda; Camponogara, Silviamar; Soares de Lima, Suzinara Beatriz; Dias Lopes, Luis Felipe; Trevisan, Clara Maria
- Abstract
Objective: To identify the medical waste production rates (kg.bed-1.day-1) for the waste groups A, B, D (including recyclables) and E, and to verify seasonal influence in the generation of waste. Methods: Data were collected by weighing the waste, during seven consecutive days for four weeks, with each week corresponding to a season. Results: The waste production rate presented the following values in kg.bed-1.day-1 for each group: A: 0.831, B: 0.088, D: 2,607, D-Recyclable: 0.525 and E: 0.102. Based on the analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, it was not found evidence that seasonality influences with the generation of the waste. Conclusion: Hospitals with similar numbers of beds have divergent values for the waste production rates, therefore it was not possible to use a reference rate for comparison with other hospitals. Finally, the ANOVA test did not found evidence that seasonality influences the generation of the waste.
- Subjects
ACADEMIC medical centers; ANALYSIS of variance; MEDICAL wastes; ACQUISITION of data
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2017, Vol 9, Issue 1, p92
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i1.92-98