Monitoramento da logística reversa de resíduos perfurocortantes domiciliares em unidade básica de saúde da cidade de São Paulo

Abstract

The inadequate disposal of Health Services Waste (HSW) represents a potential risk of contamination to the environment, in addition to the occupational risk to professionals who work directly with the waste collection, as well as to the community, such as cardboard waste pickers in dumps. Sharp objects or E-type waste, such as syringes, lancets, scalpel blades and needles that have been in contact with human blood, can transmit infectious diseases such as HIV and hepatitis. The legislation regarding care with HSW determines that the management of waste E is carried out by establishments of interest to health, stored in appropriate collection boxes, but there is a gap in relation to the material produced by patients in their homes, such as insulin-dependent diabetics. The objective of the study was to analyze how to proceed Technical Manager (TM) of a Basic Health Unit (BHU) on the management of residues E, generated in households, by diabetic insulin users and enrolled in the Capillary Glucose Self Monitoring Program (CGSM), besides, the use of this tool in the annual measurement of household residues generated. This is a single case study, descriptive, qualitative, exploratory, with documentary research based on primary sources extracted from the SIGA Software (where the CGSM is inserted), from October 2014 to October 2015, in addition it was applied a semi-structured questionnaire for the TM. There was a dispensation of 204,990 syringes, 195,221 lancets and 1,919 collecting containers, and no criteria were observed for dispensing containers according to the number of syringes and lancets provided to patients. The BHU supplies containers in 99% of patient care time, but still receives 9% of all sharps residues stored improperly in plastic bottles.