Medical Waste: implications for the new coronavirus pandemic scenario

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/anh.2020v2.id39760

Keywords:

Medical Waste, Sustainability Development Indicators, Coronavirus Infections.

Abstract

The new coronavirus pandemic directs us to focus on safe care of patients and healthcare professionals At the same time, it brings important challenges beyond health care, such as demand and consumption of hospital supplies that, after disposal, give rise to Medical Waste, regulated by RDC 222 18 of ANVISA Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency) ANVISA classifies them into infectious, chemical, radioactive, common, and sharps waste Waste from services designed to treat this disease and those generated by suspected and confirmed patients must be classified as biological agents of risk class 3 and, at this moment, managed as infectious (A 1 and have appropriate treatment before final disposal New waste management practices and the position adopted by health institutions will affect all links in the health care chain The main objective of this editorial is to guide the definition of new waste management flows and procedures for hospitals.

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Author Biographies

Danielly Negrão Guassú Nogueira, State University of Londrina

PhD in Nursing. Professor at the Nursing Department and at the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program in Nursing at the University of Londrina.

Lilian Aligleri, State University of Londrina

Doctor in Administration from USP. Professor at the Department of Administration at the State University of Londrina. Coordinator of NINTER.

Cláudio Pereira Sampaio, State University of Londrina

Post-doctorate in Design at UFPR. Professor at the Department of Graphic Design at the University of Londrina.

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Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Limpeza Pública e Resíduos Especiais (ABRELPE). Recomendações para a gestão de resíduos sólidos durante a pandemia de coronavírus (covid-19). [Internet]. 2020 abr. 08]. Disponível em: http://www.abrelpe.org.br

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Ministério da Saúde (BR). Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária. Nota técnica GVIMS/GGTES/ANVISA Nº 04/2020. Orientações para serviços de saúde: medidas de prevenção e controle que devem ser adotadas durante a assistência aos casos suspeitos ou confirmados de infecção pelo novo coronavírus (SARS-CoV-2). [Internet]. Brasília DF: Ministério da Saúde; 2020 [cited 2020 abr. 03]. Disponível em: http://portal.anvisa.gov.br/documents/33852/271858/Nota+T%C3%A9cnica+n+04-2020+GVIMS-GGTES-ANVISA/ab598660-3de4-4f14-8e6f-b9341c196b28.

Published

2020-08-26

How to Cite

Negrão Guassú Nogueira, D., Aligleri, L., & Sampaio, C. P. (2020). Medical Waste: implications for the new coronavirus pandemic scenario. Advances in Nursing and Health, 2. https://doi.org/10.5433/anh.2020v2.id39760

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