Potentially hazardous waste produced at home

International Archives of Medicine

Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca²  Flávia C Goulart³  Dayse F Sena¹  Virginia Berlanga Campos Junqueira²  Ligia Ajaime Azzalis²  Vitor E Valenti⁴  Luiz Carlos de Abreu³  Rosangela Filipini³  Ligia Mara Daros de Campos³  Loide Corina Chaves³ 

[1] Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira, Rua dos Coelhos, 300, Boa Vista, PE 50070-550, Brasil;Department of Pharmacy and Biochemistry Federal university of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Rua Artur Riedel, 275, Diadema, SP 09972-270, Brazil;Department of Morphology and Physiology, School of Medicine of ABC, Av. Príncipe de Gales, n.821, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil;Department of Speech Language and Hearing Therapy, Faculty of Philosophy and Sciences, UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 737, Marília, SP 17525-900, Brazil

关键词: Environmental health;    Housing;    Medical waste;   

Others  :  803116
DOI  :  10.1186/1755-7682-6-27

 received in 2012-11-12, accepted in 2013-06-18,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

The purpose of this study was to identify the sources of waste generation household consisting of biological material and to investigate the knowledge presented by those responsible for the generation of waste in the home environment on the potential health risk human and environmental.

Method

It is a quantitative survey performed in Parque Capuava, Santo André (SP). The questionnaire was administered by the community employers and nursing students during the consultation with nursing supervision through interview question/answer. The exclusion criteria were patients who were not in the area served by the Basic Health Unit which covers the area of Pq Capuava. The sample was consisted of 99 persons and the data collection a questionnaire was used.

Results

We observed that 63.3% of people said to use disposables, with the majority (58.7%) of these use the public collection as the final destination of these materials. It was reported that 73.7% of those surveyed reported having knowledge about the risk of disease transmission. Public awareness of the importance of proper packaging and disposal of potentially hazardous household waste may contribute significantly to the preservation of human and environmental health and this procedure can be performed and supervised by professional nurses.

Conclusion

We suggest implementation of workshops for community health workers and the general population in order to enhance their knowledge about the storage and disposal of potentially infectious waste generated at home, thereby reducing the potential risk of disease transmission by improper management.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Chaves et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

【 参考文献 】

• [1]Cussiol NAM, Rocha GHT, Lange LC: Quantification of potentially infective waste in municipal solid waste from regional south of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Cad Saude Publica 2006, 22:1183-1191.
• [2]Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas: Lixo municipal: manual de gerenciamento integrado. 2a Ed. São Paulo: Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas/ Compromisso Empresarial para Reciclagem; 2000.
• [3]Menezes NA: Disposal of waste potentially infectious health services in special cell and co-disposal with municipal solid waste (Thesis). Minas Gerais: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental, Departamento de Engenharia Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos; 2005.
• [4]Garcia LP, Zanetti-Ramos BG: Waste management of health services: a biosafety issue. Cad Saude Publica 2004, 20:744-752.
• [5]Santos GO: Interfaces trash with work, health and the environment - a review article. Rev Saúde Ambient 2009, 10:27-35.
• [6]Okido ACC, Hayashida M, Lima RA: Profile of technology-dependent children in Ribeirão Preto-SP. J Hum Growth Developm 2012, 22:291-296.
• [7]Porto MFS, Juncá DCM, Gonçalves RS, Filhote MIF: Garbage, work and health: a case study with scavengers in the metropolitan landfill in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Saúde Pública 2004, 20:1503-1514.
• [8]Carneiro A, Dias P, Magalhães C, Soares I, Rangel-Henriques M, Silva J, Marques S, Baptista J: Assessment of temperament at 13 and 24 months usingmaternal report: validation of the portuguese version of infant characteristics questionnaire. J Hum Growth Developm 2013, 23:71-79.
• [9]Ministério da saúde: Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária. [Resolução da Diretoria Colegiada - RDC n° 306] de 7 de dezembro de 2004
• [10]Niraj MD, Jayaweera JL, Kumara IW, Tissera NW: Acute Myocardial infarction following a Russell’s viper bite: a case report. Int Arch Med 2012, 5:16.
• [11]Granero Castro P, Fernández Arias S, Moreno Gijón M, Alvarez Martínez P, Granero Trancón J, Álvarez Pérez JA, Lamamie Clairac E, González González JJ: Emergency surgery in chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy: case reports. Int Arch Med 2010, 3:35. BioMed Central Full Text
• [12]Meremo A, Mshana SE, Kidenya BR, Kabangila R, Peck R, Kataraihya JB: High prevalence of Non --typhoid salmonella bacteraemia among febrile HIV adult patients admitted at a tertiary Hospital, North-Western Tanzania. Int Arch Med 2012, 5:28. BioMed Central Full Text
• [13]Amancio CT, Nascimento LCF, Trolez AT: Environmental pollutants and odds of hospitalization for asthma in children - São José dos Campos, Brazil, in the years 2004–2005. J Hum Growth Develop 2012, 22:202-208.
• [14]Silveira FCP, Perosa GB, Carvalhaes MAB: Psychosocial factors for risk and protection to child malnutrition in mothers of malnourished and eutrophic children: the role of maternal mental health. J Hum Growth Develop 2012, 22:217-225.