A enfermagem no gerenciamento dos resíduos de serviços de saúde: uma revisão narrativa

Abstract

Nursing appears as a differential in the provision of care for waste from health services, from management to ensuring the preservation of workers' health and public health. Objective: To analyze through the literature the role of nursing in the management of waste from health services. Method: This is a Narrative Literature Review. The databases used in this study were articles published in the Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS) Medical LiteratureAnalysisandRetrieval System Online (MEDLINE) and Nursing Database (BDENF). Results In most studies, the results point to a low applicability of the management and practice of waste management correctly in the units that provide health services, so that it can maintain an effective waste management, it is necessary that the health units train your employees, promoting training based on continuing education, and this practice is the scientific basis for the development of professionals present in the work environment.Conclusion: Health professionals understand that they are strong generators of waste, but that they are a key part to ensure better management of waste generated at all levels of care, so it is necessary that these issues are always reinforced in health units, to there is the progressive growth of trained professionals, to deal with this problem.