Potentially hazardous waste produced at home

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorChaves, Loide Corina
dc.creatorDe Campos, Ligia Mara Daros
dc.creatorFilipini, Rosangela
dc.creatorAbreu, Luiz Carlos de
dc.creatorValenti, Vitor Engrácia
dc.creatorAzzalis, Ligia Ajaime
dc.creatorJunqueira, Virginia Berlanga Campos
dc.creatorSena, Dayse F
dc.creatorGoulart, Flávia C
dc.creatorFonseca, Fernando Luiz Affonso
dc.date2014-05-27T11:29:54Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:50:54Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:29:54Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:50:54Z
dc.date2013-07-02
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T02:30:10Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T02:30:10Z
dc.identifierInternational Archives of Medicine, v. 6, n. 1, 2013.
dc.identifier1755-7682
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/75899
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/75899
dc.identifier10.1186/1755-7682-6-27
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84879434484.pdf
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84879434484
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-6-27
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/896624
dc.descriptionBackground: 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 in the home environment on the potential health risk human and environmental. Method. It is a quantitative survey performed in Parque Capuava, Santo André (SP). The questionnaire was administered by the community employers and nursing students during the consultation with nursing supervision through interview question/answer. The exclusion criteria were patients who were not in the area served by the Basic Health Unit which covers the area of Pq Capuava. The sample was consisted of 99 persons and the data collection a questionnaire was used. Results: We observed that 63.3% of people said to use disposables, with the majority (58.7%) of these use the public collection as the final destination of these materials. It was reported that 73.7% of those surveyed reported having knowledge about the risk of disease transmission. Public awareness of the importance of proper packaging and disposal of potentially hazardous household waste may contribute significantly to the preservation of human and environmental health and this procedure can be performed and supervised by professional nurses. Conclusion: We suggest implementation of workshops for community health workers and the general population in order to enhance their knowledge about the storage and disposal of potentially infectious waste generated at home, thereby reducing the potential risk of disease transmission by improper management. © 2013 Chaves et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationInternational Archives of Medicine
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectEnvironmental health
dc.subjectHousing
dc.subjectMedical waste
dc.subjectbiomaterial
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectawareness
dc.subjectcommunity care
dc.subjectconsultation
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectdisease transmission
dc.subjectdomestic waste
dc.subjectemployer
dc.subjectenvironmental exposure
dc.subjectenvironmental health
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthazardous waste
dc.subjecthealth auxiliary
dc.subjecthealth center
dc.subjecthealth hazard
dc.subjecthealth survey
dc.subjecthome
dc.subjecthome environment
dc.subjecthousing
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectnormal human
dc.subjectnursing
dc.subjectnursing student
dc.subjectpackaging
dc.subjectpreservation
dc.subjectprofessional practice
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectquestionnaire
dc.subjectrisk factor
dc.subjectstorage
dc.subjectwaste disposal
dc.subjectworkshop
dc.titlePotentially hazardous waste produced at home
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