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- Title
Nursing professionals' knowledge regarding the management of waste produced in primary health care.
- Authors
Matos, Matheus Costa Brandão; de Oliveira, Layze Braz; Queiroz, Artur Acelino Francisco Luz Nunes; Sousa, Álvaro Francisco Lopes; Valle, Andreia Rodrigues Moura da Costa; Denise de Andrade; Moura, Maria Eliete Batista
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the knowledge of Nursing professionals regarding waste management in primary healthcare services. Method: Descriptive study with a mixed approach, developed with 42 nursing professionals who worked in basic health units of a capital in the Brazilian Northeast Region. Quantitative variables were analyzed by the SPSS 20.0 program. Reports were processed by the IRaMuTeQ software, analyzed according to the descending hierarchical classifi cation, and grounded on the Collective Subject Discourse. Results: Low knowledge scores were obtained, associated with specifi c socioeconomic and training variables. Analysis of collected reports allowed to identify three classes: "Inadequate waste disposal: first and main step"; "Correct disposal improves service quality and prevents diseases"; and "Consequences associated with incorrect disposal". Conclusion: The knowledge of professionals falls short of the expectations to adequately manage waste produced in primary health care and is concentrated on the initial steps, mainly the disposal process.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; AGE distribution; CHI-squared test; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; CONFIDENCE intervals; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; INDUSTRIAL safety; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL wastes; NEGLIGENCE; NONPARAMETRIC statistics; NURSES' attitudes; NURSING; PATIENT safety; PRIMARY health care; STATISTICS; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; WORK experience (Employment); MEDICAL waste disposal; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2018, p2728
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0308