Objective: to describe the biological risk related to health care waste management in home care. Methods: this is a descriptive cross-sectional study that observed 231 home visits. The visits were made by 15 nursing professionals from a municipal home care service. Results: health care waste was generated during the home visits, being 49.5% of group A, 35.0% of group D and 15.5% of group E. Nonconformities were observed in the packaging of Group A and E waste. Group E waste was disposed of in rigid containers in 83.9% of the visits, but in 37.5%, it was disposed of in rigid containers suitable for this purpose. Conclusion: during home visits, group A, D and E health care waste was generated. The disposal and handling of group A and D ...
This is a descriptive and exploratory study with quantitative approach that aimed to identify the me...
In the past few years, there has been an increase in public concern about the medical wastes managem...
This paper deals with health care waste management. It outlines the types of health care waste relat...
Objective: to describe the biological risk related to health care waste management in home care. Met...
Abstract\ud \ud Background\ud The purpose of this stud...
The quadruple burden of diseases, early discharge from hospital and hospital at home have resulted i...
An assessment of clinical waste management was undertaken in an Irish health care organisation. The ...
Introduction: As technology advances, society must reflect on the destination of materials which are...
Health-care waste (HCW) is the term used to describe all waste generated by health-care facilities, ...
Introduction and purpose: Improper management of healthcare waste (HCW) can pose considerable r...
Abstract : Private health care providers are required to manage their health care risk waste (HCRW) ...
Health Care Waste (HCW) represents 1%, and it has presently gained a lot of importance. Adequate man...
Biomedical waste is defined as the waste segregated from the healthcare system that can be contagiou...
Introdução: os profissionais de saúde estão expostos à diferentes riscos no ambiente de trabalho, se...
Medical waste is all waste generated from hospital activities in the form of solid, liquid, and gas....
This is a descriptive and exploratory study with quantitative approach that aimed to identify the me...
In the past few years, there has been an increase in public concern about the medical wastes managem...
This paper deals with health care waste management. It outlines the types of health care waste relat...
Objective: to describe the biological risk related to health care waste management in home care. Met...
Abstract\ud \ud Background\ud The purpose of this stud...
The quadruple burden of diseases, early discharge from hospital and hospital at home have resulted i...
An assessment of clinical waste management was undertaken in an Irish health care organisation. The ...
Introduction: As technology advances, society must reflect on the destination of materials which are...
Health-care waste (HCW) is the term used to describe all waste generated by health-care facilities, ...
Introduction and purpose: Improper management of healthcare waste (HCW) can pose considerable r...
Abstract : Private health care providers are required to manage their health care risk waste (HCRW) ...
Health Care Waste (HCW) represents 1%, and it has presently gained a lot of importance. Adequate man...
Biomedical waste is defined as the waste segregated from the healthcare system that can be contagiou...
Introdução: os profissionais de saúde estão expostos à diferentes riscos no ambiente de trabalho, se...
Medical waste is all waste generated from hospital activities in the form of solid, liquid, and gas....
This is a descriptive and exploratory study with quantitative approach that aimed to identify the me...
In the past few years, there has been an increase in public concern about the medical wastes managem...
This paper deals with health care waste management. It outlines the types of health care waste relat...