Establecimiento de una guía para el manejo de desechos hospitalarios del cantón Riobamba a partir de una auditoría de residuos.

Abstract

The adjective of the present titling work was to establish a guide for the management of hospital waste in the Riobamba Canton from a Waste Audit, evaluating the activities of separation, collection, management and disposal of hospital infectious waste in the middle Health facilities of the Riobamba Canton; In order to comply with the established, information was collected from a waste audit using interviews, surveys, direct observations and review of documents in a specific number of health facilities; All of this taking into consideration the criteria established in ISO 19011 and current Ecuadorian legislation, from what was mentioned, it was posible to know the reality of waste management. As a result was obteined 10% of health facilities have a relatively adequate waste management, since during the field study was noted the shortcomings that have in health facilities in terms of handling that should be given to Infectious wastes and drugs; In addition to the treatment to which they must be exposed in the different storage rooms and with this to the inactivation of infectious-hazardous waste based on what is obtained the guide of Sanitary Waste Management is proposed, which will allow the different health establishments presents Certainly some risks, which have to be managed to minimize them in order to establish safe and adequate conditions for the operation of the hospital. It is recommended to implement the tool provided in this work to provide protection to patients, workers and the population in general.