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Evaluation of health care wastes management in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

The inadequate management of health wastes units may expose patients, workers, community and environment to relevant risks. One of the main factors that contributes to a marked trend in adopting alternative management strategies is that the same destination is frequently used for regular urban wastes disposal. Field researches have been carried out in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte in order to evaluate the corresponding procedures for the management of solid wastes from health services. Special attention was dedicated to the level of compliance with legal standards. This survey identified several misprocedures, mainly in respect to the use of individual protection equipments, inappropriate transport of the wastes and existence of irregular disposal sites.

health care waste; phases of management; disposal


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