CHALLENGES FOR FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE PROFESSIONALS IN WASTE MANAGEMENT

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592392215077

• Palavras-chave: management, health service waste, public health, primary health care.

• Keywords: management, health service waste, public health, primary health care.

• Abstract:

  The professionals who manage the Family Health Units (UBS) face difficulties in performing their duties. In order to provide quality and effective service and to perform their work safely and responsibly, it is necessary to apply management processes as guided by legal norms. The Health Services Waste Management Plan (PGRSS) is a document that describes actions related to the management of these wastes from their generation to their final disposal, with the objective of minimizing the production of waste, reducing the potential for risk to health and in the middle. To prepare the PGRSS it is necessary to relate public policies and legislation, being carried out by the manager responsible for the service. The present study seeks to verify the existence of the PGRSS in units of the Family Health Strategy of a municipality in the interior of Minas Gerais and to know the difficulties of professionals regarding the effectiveness of the plan. The research was carried out in the 23 Units that provide the primary health care service, in which only 07 present the plan. The difficulties cited were: unavailability of time; the lack of resources and the difficulties of professionals and service users to adapt. In view of the inexistence of the PGRSS in several units and the difficulties of professionals in implementing the document, it is concluded that the health units have a lack of municipal support and the need for support for the management of the PGRSS, including training and restructuring in the service.

• Número de páginas: 9