Expired or unused medication at people's homes is normally disposed of in normal garbage, sewage system or, in certain cases, returned to the public health system. There is still no specific legislation regarding this ...

This research aimed at evaluating the Medical Waste management in services from Primary Care of São Carlos city, state of São Paulo. This is an exploratory and descriptive study, performed in 22 Family Health Units (FHU) ...

Introduction: medical waste is a serious problem for both society and the environment, and knowledge about its proper management is essential for the training of health care professionals. Objective: evaluate knowledge ...

Objective: was to investigate the process of waste management of dental public health service in eleven counties. Material and method: one researcher conducted the visits, and observations were recorded on a previously ...

Health facilities must have a waste management plan to describe the actions related to the management of these wastes. After implementing this plan, one should evaluate its effectiveness and, for this, it is necessary ...

Background: The purpose of this study was to identify the sources of waste generation household consisting of biological material and to investigate the knowledge presented by those responsible for the generation of waste ...