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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 21, No. 4, 377-382 (2003)

Hospital waste operational procedures: A case study in Brazil

Aldo Pacheco Ferreira

Brazilian Ministry of Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, School of Public Health, Department of Sanitation and Environmental Health, Rio de Janeiro - RJ- Brazil

Marcelo Motta Veiga

Brazilian Ministry of Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, School of Public Health, Department of Sanitation and Environmental Health, Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil

This study analysed the hospital waste management practices and their implications to public health in the city of Belo Horizonte, south eastern Brazil. Belo Horizonte is a regional capital city located 300 miles from the famous city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is only 100 years old and is the first city planned in Brazil. It was originally planned for 300,000 people but, today, it is home to more than 2 million people.

This study assessed the operational procedures at five hospitals (170 to 450 beds) with different medical specialties in order to analyse their major waste problems. This study also gathered data on different types of treatment and disposal procedures used by waste generators, which enabled an estimate on the amount of on-site and off-site waste generated.

Key Words: Waste management • hospital waste • public health • environmental pollution • sanitary disposal • wmr 591-3.


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